Dimerization of indole derivatives with hypervalent iodines(III): a new entry for the concise total synthesis of rac- and meso-chimonanthines

Studies on the Synthesis and Opioid Agonistic Activities of Mitragynine-Related Indole Alkaloids:  Discovery of Opioid Agonists Structurally Different from Other Opioid Ligands

Hiromitsu Takayama, Hayato Ishikawa, Mika Kurihara et al. · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 2002 · 275 citations · Full text

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +16

Direct Stereo- and Enantiocontrolled Synthesis of Vicinal Stereogenic Quaternary Carbon Centers. Total Syntheses of <i>meso</i>- and (−)-Chimonanthine and (+)-Calycanthine

Larry E. Overman, Daniel V. Paone, Brian A. Stearns · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1999 · 221 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +6

Oxidative Biaryl Coupling Reaction of Phenol Ether Derivatives Using a Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent

Takeshi Takada, Mitsuhiro Arisawa, Michiyo Gyoten et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1998 · 202 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Green Chemistry +12

Enantioselective Construction of Vicinal Stereogenic Quaternary Centers by Dialkylation: Practical Total Syntheses of (+)- andmeso-Chimonanthine

Larry E. Overman, Jay F. Larrow, Brian A. Stearns et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2000 · 148 citations · Full text

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +11

Stereocontrolled Total Syntheses of <i>meso</i>-Chimonanthine and <i>meso</i>-Calycanthine via a Novel Samarium Mediated Reductive Dialkylation

J. T. Link, Larry E. Overman · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1996 · 124 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +5