Practical total synthesis of 11-deoxydaunomycinone and the first total synthesis of 11-deoxydaunomycin

Organocerium reagents. Nucleophilic addition to easily enolizable ketones

Tsuneo Imamoto, Yasushi Sugiura, Nobuyuki Takiyama · Tetrahedron Letters · 1984 · 268 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +10

Total synthesis of (.+-.)-daunomycinone and (.+-.)-carminomycinone

Andrew S. Kende, Yuh-Geng Tsay, John E. Mills · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1976 · 105 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +8

Practical total synthesis of (.+-.)-aklavinone and total synthesis of aklavin

Bruce A. Pearlman, James M. McNamara, Imtiaj Hasan et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1981 · 92 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +7

The isobenzofuran route to anthracyclinones

Andrew S. Kende, Dennis P. Curran, Yuh-Geng Tsay et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1977 · 51 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +7

TRIMETHYLSILYL TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONATE (TRIMETHYLSILYL TRIFLATE) AS AN EXCELLENT GLYCOSIDATION REAGENT FOR ANTHRACYCLINE SYNTHESIS. SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF OPTICALLY PURE 4-DEMETHOXYDAUNORUBICIN

Yoshikazu Kimura, M. SUZUKI, Teruyo Matsumoto et al. · Chemistry Letters · 1984 · 41 citations

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +7