Total synthesis, stereochemical assignment, and biological activity of all known (-)-trigonoliimines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 473-486

  Han, Sunkyu ^a   Morrison, Karen C ^b   Hergenrother, Paul J ^b   Movassaghi, Mohammad ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; BIOACTIVITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; METABOLITES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ABSOLUTE STEREOCHEMISTRY; ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES; ASYMMETRIC OXIDATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE TOTAL SYNTHESIS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; RELATED COMPOUNDS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

19 DESMETHOXYTRIGONOLIIMINE C; ALKALOID; IMINE; ISOTRIGONOLIIMINE C; TRIGONOLIIMINE A; TRIGONOLIIMINE B; TRIGONOLIIMINE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; U937 CELLS;

EID: 84896802062     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo4020358     Document Type: Article

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