Synthetic studies toward the C5-C20 domain of the azaspiracids

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 975-978

  Dounay, Amy B ^a   Forsyth, Craig J ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZASPIRACID; FURAN DERIVATIVE; MARINE TOXIN; SOLVENT; SPIRO COMPOUND; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FURANS; HUMANS; MARINE TOXINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLVENTS; SPIRO COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035810406     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5555/ol015570y     Document Type: Article

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