Total synthesis of macrolactin a with versatile catalytic, enantioselective dienolate aldol addition reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1261-1263

  Kim, Yuntae ^a   Singer, Robert A ^a   Carreira, Erick M ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldol reactions; Asymmetric catalysis; Macrolactin A; Natural products; Palladium; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032543182     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980518)37:9<1261::AID-ANIE1261>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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