Formal total synthesis of (+)-boronolide

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 4969-4971

  Chandrasekhar, Musti ^a   Raina, Sushil ^a   Singh, Vinod K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BORONOLIDE; MANNITOL; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034686255     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)00749-8     Document Type: Article

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