Synthesis of brevetoxin sub-units by sequential ring-closing metathesis and hydroboration

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-126

  Clark, J Stephen ^a   Kettle, Jason G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREVETOXIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031031774     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(96)02232-0     Document Type: Article

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