1998 Alfred Bader award Lecture Tangents and targets: The synthetic highway from natural products to medicine

Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-177

  Fallis, Alex G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbometallation; Cycloaddition; Cyclophanes; Enediyne; Taxoids

Indexed keywords

ALKENYLDIALKYNE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHANE; DOCETAXEL; NATURAL PRODUCT; PACLITAXEL; TAXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MEDICINE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85047676352     PISSN: 00084042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/v98-233     Document Type: Article

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