Formation of 9,10-unsaturation in the mitomycins: Facile fragmentation of β-alkyl-β-aryl-α-oxo-γ-butyrolactones

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3619-3621

  Ziegler, Frederick E ^a   Berlin, Michael Y ^a   Lee, Kyungae ^a   Looker, Adam R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; LACTONE; MITOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BUTYRIC ACIDS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LACTONES; MITOMYCINS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0034676535     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol000245g     Document Type: Article

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