Enantiospecific total synthesis of (+)- and (-)-avarone and -avarol

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 24, 1996, Pages 2717-2718

  Locke, Edward P ^a   Hecht, Sidney M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AVAROL; AVARONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030463134     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/CC9960002717     Document Type: Article

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