Intramolecular Heck cyclization of α-sulfenyl enol triflates. Asymmetric synthesis of a pentacyclic cardenolide precursor having functionality at C-11

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 26, 1998, Pages 4647-4650

  Hynes Jr , John ^a   Overman, Larry E ^a   Nasser, Talal ^a   Rucker, Paul V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldol reactions; Enantiospecificity; Heck reactions; Sterols; Sulfones

Indexed keywords

CARDENOLIDE; OUABAIN; STEROID; SULFENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032565932     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00860-0     Document Type: Article

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