Studies on the chemoselectivity and diastereoselectivity of samarium(II) iodide mediated transformations of carbohydrate derived ω-halo-α,β- unsaturated easters

Tetrahedron

Volumn 54, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 4761-4786

  Bennett, Sharon M ^a   Biboutou, Raphinos Kouya ^a   Zhou, Zhihong ^a   Pion, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HALOGEN; REDUCING AGENT; SAMARIUM DIIODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; GEOMETRY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032079609     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00191-4     Document Type: Article

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