A concise and scalable strategy for the total synthesis of dictyodendrin B based on sequential C-H functionalization

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5451-5455

  Pitts, Andrew K ^a   O'Hara, Fionn ^a   Snell, Robert H ^a   Gaunt, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C H functionalization; flow chemistry; metal catalysis; natural products; total synthesis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

C-H FUNCTIONALIZATION; FLOW CHEMISTRY; METAL CATALYSIS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DICTYODENDRIN B; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; SYNTHESIS;

CARBAZOLES; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; HYDROGEN BONDING; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRROLES;

EID: 84928012037     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201500067     Document Type: Article

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