Asymmetric synthesis of ageliferin.
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SUBMITTER: Wang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3183238 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
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Asymmetric synthesis of ageliferin.
Wang Xiao X Ma Zhiqiang Z Lu Jianming J Tan Xianghui X Chen Chuo C
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20110908 39
We describe herein an asymmetric synthesis of ageliferin. A Mn(III)-mediated oxidative radical cyclization reaction was used as the key step to construct the core skeleton of this pyrrole-imidazole dimer. This approach resembles the biogenic [4 + 2] dimerization in an intramolecular fashion. ...[more]
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