Construction of substituted cyclohexanones by reductive cyclization of 7-oxo-2,8-alkadienyl esters

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-82

  Kamenecka, Theodore M ^a,b   Overman, Larry E ^a   Ly Sakata, Sylvie K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

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EID: 0012197937     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0169325     Document Type: Article

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