Novel stereocontrolled synthesis of the tricyclic lactone (1R,3R, 6R,9S)-6,9-dimethyl-8-oxo-7-oxatricyclo[4.3.0.03,9]nonane

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-303

  Rico, Rosario ^a   Zapico, Julián ^a   Bermejo, Francisco ^a   Sanni, S Bamidele ^b   García Granda, Santiago ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6,9 DIMETHYL 8 OXO 7 OXATRICYCLO[4.3.0.0 3,9]NONANE; LACTONE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032579175     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4166(97)00641-1     Document Type: Article

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