Organosilane-mediated free radical cyclization reactions employing carbonyl traps

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 40, 1998, Pages 7267-7270

  Batey, Robert A ^a   MacKay, D Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; HEXANOL; KETONE; PENTANOL; REAGENT; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032190813     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)01585-8     Document Type: Article

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