Complex bioactive alkaloid-type polycycles through efficient catalytic asymmetric multicomponent aza-diels-alder reaction of indoles with oxetane as directing group

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2027-2031

  Chen, Zhilong ^a   Wang, Beilei ^b   Wang, Zhaobin ^a   Zhu, Guangyu ^b   Sun, Jianwei ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

alkaloids; asymmetric catalysis; cyclization; polycycles; strained molecules

Indexed keywords

ACHIRAL COMPOUND; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHIRAL CENTERS; DESYM-METRIZATION; DIRECTING GROUPS; MULTICOMPONENTS; OXETANES; POLYCYCLES; PRODUCT PURIFICATION; STRAINED MOLECULES; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES; TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE;

ALKALOIDS; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

METABOLITES;

ALKALOID; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; OXETANE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYCLOADDITION; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKALOIDS; AZA COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; ETHERS, CYCLIC; INDOLES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84873540361     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206481     Document Type: Article

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