A general synthetic route towards γ- and δ-lactones. Total asymmetric synthesis of (-)-muricatacin and the mosquito oviposition pheromone (5R, 6s)- 6-acetoxy-hexadecanolide

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 4861-4862

  Couladourosand, Elias A ^a,b   Mihou, Anastasia P ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 ACETOXYHEXADECANOLIDE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBONIC ACID ESTER; DELTA VALEROLACTONE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MURICATACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033603554     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00895-3     Document Type: Article

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