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Marine Pyrroloiminoquinone Alkaloids

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Recent reports on the synthetic studies of marine pyrroloiminoquinone alakloids and their analogs are reviewed.

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Kita, Y., Fujioka, H. (2011). Marine Pyrroloiminoquinone Alkaloids. In: Knölker, HJ. (eds) Alkaloid Synthesis. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 309. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2011_134

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