Total synthesis of FK-506. Part 1: Construction of the C16-C34 fragment

Tetrahedron

Volumn 53, Issue 39, 1997, Pages 13221-13256

  Ireland, Robert E ^a   Liu, Longbin ^a,b   Roper, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

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TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030828306     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00865-X     Document Type: Article

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