Methylation-ring opening of 3,3-disubstituted 2,3-epoxy alcohols. Synthesis of chiral quaternary fragments for assembly of briaran diterpenes

Tetrahedron

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 7429-7444

  Balasubramaniam, Rajiv P ^a   Moss, David K ^a   Wyatt, Justin K ^a   Spence, John D ^a   Gee, Arvin ^a   Nantz, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030981561     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(97)00453-5     Document Type: Article

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