Synthesis of diaryl ethers through the copper-promoted arylation of phenols with arylboronic acids. An expedient synthesis of thyroxine

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2937-2940

  Evans, David A ^a   Katz, Jeffrey L ^a   West, Theodore R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHER DERIVATIVE; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THYROXINE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032492980     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00502-4     Document Type: Article

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