Total syntheses of (±)-gephyrotoxin and (±)-perhydrogephyrotoxin

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 522-537

  Shirokane, Kenji ^a   Tanaka, Yuya ^a   Yoritate, Makoto ^a   Takayama, Nobuaki ^a   Sato, Takaaki ^a   Chida, Noritaka ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYLATION; AMIDES; REDOX REACTIONS;

DIRECT COUPLING; METHOXY GROUP; PROTECTING GROUP; REACTIVITY CONTROL; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84929471747     PISSN: 00092673     EISSN: 13480634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20140398     Document Type: Article

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