Total Synthesis of (±)-Cortisone. Double-Hydroxylation Reaction for Corticoid Synthesis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 1989, Pages 6257-6265

  Horiguchi, Yoshiaki ^a   Nakamura, Eiichi ^a   Kuwajima, Isao ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOSTERONE; CORTISONE;

DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0024341040     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00198a042     Document Type: Article

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