Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-minovincine in nine chemical steps: An approach to ketone activation in cascade catalysis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 11269-11272

  Laforteza, Brian N ^a   Pickworth, Mark ^a   MacMillan, David W C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alkaloids; enantioselectivity; natural products; organocatalysis; total synthesis

Indexed keywords

DIELS-ALDER; ENANTIOSELECTIVE TOTAL SYNTHESIS; LEAVING GROUPS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; CATALYSIS; KETONES; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

ALKALOID; KETONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; NATURAL PRODUCTS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; NATURAL PRODUCTS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

ALKALOIDS; CATALYSIS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84885576894     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201305171     Document Type: Article

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