Total synthesis of (+)-aspicilin. The naked carbon skeleton strategy vs the bioorganic approach

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 377-386

  Sinha, Subhash C ^a   Keinan, Ehud ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERLICIN; MACROLIDE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031038956     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9614811     Document Type: Article

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