Enantiospecific synthesis of an indolizidine alkaloid, (+)-ipalbidine
β Scribed by Toshio Honda; Hidenori Namiki; Hiromasa Nagase; Hirotake Mizutani
- Book ID
- 104253381
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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β¦ Synopsis
Enantiospecific total synthesis of an indolizidine alkaloid, ipalbidine, was achieved starting from (-)-pyroglutamic acid by employing an intramolecular McMurry coupling reaction with a low-valent titanium, as a key step.
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