Photochemistry of thiarubrine A and other 1,2-dithiins: Formation of 2,6-dithiabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-enes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 4719-4720

  Block, Eric ^a   Page, Jon ^b   Toscano, John P ^c   Wang, Cun Xiao ^d   Zhang, Xing ^a   DeOrazio, Russell ^a   Guo, Chuangxing ^a   Sheridan, Robert S ^d   Neil Towers, G H ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THIARUBRINE A;

ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0029895813     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja960589v     Document Type: Article

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