Improved synthesis of 1,4-phenanthrenequinones from Diels-Alder cycloadditions of 2-(p-Tolylsulfinyl)-1,4-benzoquinone

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3047-3050

  Carreño, M Carmen ^a   Mahugo, Jesús ^a   Urbano, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030937804     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00505-4     Document Type: Article

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