Total Synthesis of (−)-Rapamycin Using an Evans-Tishchenko Fragment Coupling

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 1993, Pages 7906-7907

  Romo, Daniel ^a   Meyer, Stephanie D ^a   Johnson, Donna D ^a   Schreiber, Stuart L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0027521714     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00070a058     Document Type: Article

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