Synthesis of mirasorvone, a defensive steroid from the sunburst diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus)

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3425-3428

  Yang, Zhi Cai ^a   Meinwald, Jerrold ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRASORVONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032554966     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00583-8     Document Type: Article

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