The Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Exochomine

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 55, Issue 35, 2016, Pages 10301-10306

  Gao, Alison X ^a   Hamada, Tomoaki ^a   Snyder, Scott A ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 reduction; alkaloid; azaphenylene; coccinellid; total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; MOLECULES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

1,4-REDUCTION; AZAPHENYLENE; COCCINELLID; DIRECT COUPLING; ENANTIOSELECTIVE TOTAL SYNTHESIS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; REACTION CONDITIONS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84982095264     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604744     Document Type: Article

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