Stereoselection in the Prins-pinacol synthesis of 2,2-disubstituted 4-acyltetrahydrofurans. Enantioselective synthesis of (-)-citreoviral

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-226

  Hanaki, Naoyuki ^a,f   Link, J T ^b,f   MacMillan, David W C ^c,f   Overman, Larry E ^f   Trankle, William G ^d,f   Wurster, Julie A ^e,f  

^a FUJIFILM CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUROVERTIN; CITREOVIRIDIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; MYCOTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AUROVERTINS; FURANS; MYCOTOXINS; NEUROTOXINS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0034719252     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol991315q     Document Type: Article

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