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Fremy's salt oxidation of some isoquinoline alkaloids. Biogenetic considerations

L Castedo, A Puga, JM Saá, R Suau

Index: Castedo, Luis; Puga, Alberto; Saa, Jose M.; Suau, Rafael Tetrahedron Letters, 1981 , vol. 22, # 23 p. 2233 - 2236

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Fremy's salt oxidation of benzyl isoquinoline and aporphine alkaloids to isoquinolones and oxoaporphines is described. Aminium radicals are suggested to account for the observed results. Their possible involvement in alkaloid biosynthesis is considered. ... The possibility that could result ...