Stereoselectivity in the Birch reduction of 2-furoic acid derivatives

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3071-3074

  Donohoe, Timothy J ^a   Helliwell, Madeleine ^a   Stevenson, Clare A ^a   Ladduwahetty, Tamara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 FUROIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032492983     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00361-X     Document Type: Article

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