A Novel Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Artemisinin
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- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 26 (2) , 321-329
Abstract
A 12-step synthesis of the natural product (+)-Artemisinin, very active against malaria, is described. (-)-Isopulegol, which already contains two of the asymmetric centers of (+)-Artemisinin in the correct absolute configuration, was used as starting material.Keywords
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