Production of Bioactives Compounds: The Importance of Pictet-Spengler Reaction in the XXI Century

Plant Bioactives and Drug Discovery: Principles, Practice, and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 453-487

  Menendez, Pilar ^a   D'Acquarica, Ilaria ^b   Monache, Giuliano Delle ^b   Ghirga, Francesca ^b   Calcaterra, Andrea ^b   Barba, Marco ^b   Macone, Alberto ^b   Boffi, Alberto ^b   Bonamore, Alessandra ^b   Botta, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioactives compounds, Pictet Spengler reaction at present; Pictet Spengler condensation, a key step in biosynthetic pathways; PS 2CR, intramolecular variant of Mannich three component reaction; Stereoselectivity of P S, chiral auxiliaries and enantioselective catalysts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877152456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118260005.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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