Chiral, densely functionalized cycloheptanes from carbohydrates. I. The nitrone route

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4445-4448

  Marco Contelles, José ^a   De Opazo, Elsa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKENYL GROUP; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEPTANE DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; DIPOLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033523035     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00769-8     Document Type: Article

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