Mild nitrosation and hydrolysis of polyfunctional amides

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 26, 1997, Pages 4535-4538

  Evans, David A ^a   Carter, Percy H ^a   Dinsmore, Christopher J ^a   Barrow, James C ^a   Katz, Jeffrey L ^a   Kung, Daniel W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BRYOSTATIN; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HYDROLYSIS; NITROSATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030912448     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00972-6     Document Type: Article

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