The chemical synthesis of tetrodoxin: An ongoing quest

Marine Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2047-2074

  Chau, Jaclyn ^a   Ciufolini, Marco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypervalent iodine compounds; Nitrenes; Synthesis; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; EPOXIDE; NITRILE; NITRILE OXIDE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TETRODOTOXIN;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; DEPROTECTION REACTION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EPIMERIZATION; EPOXIDATION; ISOMERIZATION; OXIDATION; RADICAL REACTION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLOADDITION; METHODOLOGY;

CYCLOADDITION REACTION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 80054957679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md9102046     Document Type: Review

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