Relative and absolute configuration of allohedycaryol. Enantiospecific total synthesis of its enantiomer

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4022-4027

  Zhabinskii, Vladimir N ^a,b   Minnaard, Adriaan J ^a   Wijnberg, Joannes B P A ^a   De Groot, Aede ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOHEDYCARYOL; GERMACRANOLIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030010598     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9602534     Document Type: Article

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