Synthesis of hirsutene - An approach involving asymmetric epoxide fragmentation

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3965-3968

  Leonard, John ^a   Bennett, Lisa ^a   Mahmood, Arshed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; HIRSUTENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033553444     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00622-X     Document Type: Article

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