Synthesis of macrocyclic natural products by catalyst-controlled stereoselective ring-closing metathesis

Nature

Volumn 479, Issue 7371, 2011, Pages 88-92

  Yu, Miao ^a   Wang, Chenbo ^a   Kyle, Andrew F ^b   Jakubec, Pavol ^b   Dixon, Darren J ^b   Schrock, Richard R ^c   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOTHILONE C; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NAKADOMARIN A; NATURAL PRODUCT; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKENE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BONDING; SUBSTRATE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CYCLIZATION; ISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKANES; ALKENES; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CARBOLINES; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; CYCLIZATION; EPOTHILONES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 80455177350     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10563     Document Type: Article

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