The preparation of (-)-grandisine B from (+)-grandisine D; A biomimetic total synthesis or formation of an isolation artefact?

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3976-3979

  Cuthbertson, James D ^a   Godfrey, Andrew A ^b   Taylor, Richard J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; GRANDISINE B; GRANDISINE D; INDOLIZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CYCLIZATION; INDOLIZINES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79961082227     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol2014939     Document Type: Article

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