Synthetic study toward total synthesis of (±)-germine: Synthesis of (±)-4-methylenegermine

Organic Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2017, Pages 5150-5153

  Stork, Gilbert ^a   Yamashita, Ayako ^a   Hanson, Robert M ^b   Phan, Ly ^b   Phillips, Eifion ^b   Dubé, Daniel ^b   Bos, Pieter H ^a   Clark, Andrew J ^b   Gough, Maxwell ^b   Greenlee, Mark L ^b   Jiang, Yimin ^b   Jones, Keith ^b   Kitamura, Masato ^b   Leonard, John ^b   Liu, Tongzhu ^b   Parsons, Philip J ^b   Venkatesan, Aranapakam M ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CEVANE DERIVATIVE; GERMINE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACETATES; CEVANES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 85032617729     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b02434     Document Type: Article

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