Total syntheses of diterpenoids (±)-verrucosan-2β-ol, (±)-neoverrucosan-5β-ol, and (±)-homoverrucosan-5β-ol. An approach to the synthesis of the sesterterpenoid variecolin

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 51, 1997, Pages 8815-8818

  Piers, Edward ^a   Boulet, Serge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIECOLIN; VERRUCOSAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030832679     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)10507-X     Document Type: Article

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