Concise synthesis of (S,S)-(+)-dehydrohomoancepsenolide

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2463-2465

  Fürstner, Alois ^a   Dierkes, Thorsten ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDROHOMOANCEPSENOLIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; SYNTHESIS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION;

EID: 0034632359     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol006122d     Document Type: Article

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