The synthesis of melohenine B and a related natural product

Organic Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 6166-6169

  Lancefield, Christopher S ^a   Zhou, Linna ^a   Lébl, Tomas ^a   Slawin, Alexandra M Z ^a   Westwood, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; MELOHENINE B; RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID; VINBURNINE; VINCA ALKALOID;

APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

APOCYNACEAE; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SECOLOGANIN TRYPTAMINE ALKALOIDS; STEREOISOMERISM; VINCA ALKALOIDS;

EID: 84871559679     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol302859j     Document Type: Article

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