Synthetic studies on azadirachtin: Construction of the highly functionalized decalin moiety of azadirachtin

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4387-4390

  Ishihara, Jun ^a   Yamamoto, Yuuko ^a   Kanoh, Naoki ^a   Murai, Akio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azadirachtin; Decalin; Diels Alder reaction

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTIN; DECALIN; LIMONOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PLANT SEED; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0033522958     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00755-8     Document Type: Article

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