Reversible Friedel-Crafts acylations of 3-alkyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl)pyrroles: Application to the synthesis of an ant trail pheromone

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1523-1526

  Xiao, Dong ^a   Schreier, Jeffrey A ^a   Cook, James H ^a   Seybold, Paul G ^a   Ketcha, Daniel M ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0030005638     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(96)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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