Intramolecular cyclisation routes to cyclopenta[14, 15]-19-norsteroids

Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkin Transactions 1

Volumn , Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1581-1587

  Bull, James R ^a   Mountford, Pia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0000252558     PISSN: 0300922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a901268k     Document Type: Article

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