OsO4-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of geranyl and neryl acetate to cis-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofurans

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 52, 1998, Pages 9781-9784

  De Champdoré, Marcella ^a   Lasalvia, Maria ^a   Piccialli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

1,5 dienes; OsO4; Oxidative cyclization; THF

Indexed keywords

1,5 DIENE GERANYLACETATE; 2,5 BIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)TETRAHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVE; NERYL ACETATE; OSMIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYCLIZATION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032564619     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)02172-8     Document Type: Article

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