Chelation, activation, and proximity effects in the deprotection of dithianes with ZnBr2. Applications in the polyketide field

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2185-2188

  Vakalopoulos, A ^a,b   Hoffmann, H M R ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

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EID: 0009933851     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol016037l     Document Type: Article

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