Approaches to the total synthesis of natural quinolizidine alkaloid (+)-epiquinamide and its isomers: An overview

Current Organic Synthesis

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 627-646

  Chinna Rajesh, U ^a   Gupta, Archana ^a   Rawat, Diwan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

1 hydroxyquinolizidinone; Curtius rearrangement; Ecuadorian frog; Epiquinamide; Grignard reaction; Quinolizidine alkaloid; Radical cyclization; Ring closing metathesis; Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924194777     PISSN: 15701794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570179411666140321180414     Document Type: Article

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