Diastereoselective formation of anellated tetrahydrofurans using a nitrate radical induced oxidative, self-terminating radical cyclization cascade

Tetrahedron

Volumn 55, Issue 33, 1999, Pages 10119-10134

  Wille, Uta ^a   Lietzau, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicyclic aliphatic compounds; Diastereoselection; Radicals and radical reactions

Indexed keywords

ETHER DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CYCLIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033551813     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00564-5     Document Type: Article

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