Stereoselective total synthesis and enantioselective formal synthesis of the antineoplastic sesquiterpene quinone metachromin A

The first total synthesis of the antineoplastic marine natural product metachromin-A (1) was accomplished through a convergent synthetic approach amenable to the preparation of analogues for biological studies. The synthesis involved twelve steps in its longest sequence and sixteen steps overall. Th...

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Main Authors: Almeida Wanda P., Correia Carlos Roque D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 1999-01-01
Series:Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50531999000500011