(Alkoxyallyl)sulfones as enal β-anion equivalents. Synthesis of 5-substituted 2(5H)-furanones

Tetrahedron

Volumn 52, Issue 48, 1996, Pages 15267-15288

  Craig, Donald ^a   Etheridge, Christopher J ^a   Smith, Alison M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FURANONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030602252     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(96)00931-3     Document Type: Article

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