Template-Directed Ring-Closing Metathesis: Synthesis and Polymerization of Unsaturated Crown Ether Analogs

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1101-1103

  Marsella, Michael J ^a   Maynard, Heather D ^a   Grubbs, Robert H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crown compounds; Cyclizations; Homogeneous catalysis; Metathesis; Template synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030791288     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199711011     Document Type: Article

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