On the cyclization mechanism of squalene: A ring expansion process of the five-membered D-ring intermediate

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 23, 1998, Pages 2617-2618

  Sato, Tsutomu ^a   Abe, Takamasa ^a   Hoshino, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL GROUP; SQUALENE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0032494971     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a806948d     Document Type: Article

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