A novel and highly regioselective Cr-mediated route to functionalised quinone boronic ester derivatives

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2107-2108

  Davies, Mark W ^a   Johnson, Christopher N ^b   Harrity, Joseph P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION;

EID: 0033592552     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a906643h     Document Type: Article

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