Internal Diels-Alder Cycloaddition with a Z-Dienophile: Synthesis of (±)-α-Oplopenone

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 7953-7956

  Taber, Douglass F ^a   Kong, Sue ^a   Malcolm, Scott C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0001427718     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo981248y     Document Type: Article

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