title: Model studies toward the synthesis of kirkine.
abstract: In model studies towards the synthesis of kirkine, the carbon skeleton was constructed using a radical cascade reaction. Two different approaches towards the synthesis have been examined as well as the regioselectivity of the radical cyclisation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique associée au CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128, Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: Gillian L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Barclay
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quiclet-Sire
authors.forename: Graciela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Jimenez
authors.forename: Samir Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Zard
mesh_terms: D003500:Cyclization; D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D007536:Isomerism; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D006576:Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D014315:Triterpenes; C417923:kirkinine