Double ring expansions: A new method for making medium and large cyclic ketones

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 957-960

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Dowd, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETONE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030071361     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(95)02338-0     Document Type: Article

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