Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Alkyne Cyclizations. A Cobalt-Mediated Total Synthesis of dl-Estrone

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 102, Issue 16, 1980, Pages 5253-5261

  Funk, Raymond L ^a   Vollhardt, K Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTRONE;

1,5 HEXADIYNE DERIVATIVE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0019125839     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00536a023     Document Type: Article

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