A concise synthesis of 7-Desmethylasteriscanolide and the discovery of an unusual fragmentation reaction to the related asteriscunolide skeleton

Tetrahedron

Volumn 53, Issue 37, 1997, Pages 12319-12338

  Booker Milburn, Kevin I ^a   Cowell, Justin K ^a   Harris, Laurence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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SESQUITERPENE;

DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030767735     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00769-2     Document Type: Article

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