Synthesis of the naphthoic acid component of kedarcidin chromophore by routes employing photochemical and thermal electrocyclic ring closure reactions.

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 4363-4366

  Myers, Andrew G ^a   Horiguchi, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KEDARCIDIN; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031005308     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00844-7     Document Type: Article

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