Synthesis of the cyclohexan subunit of baconipyrones a and b from furan

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-109

  Arjona, Odón ^a   Menchaca, Roberto ^a   Plumet, Joaquín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACONIPYRONE A; BACONIPYRONE B; BACONIPYRONE C; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; MOLLUSC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOHEXANES; FURANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLLUSCA; PYRONES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SULFONES;

EID: 0035843286     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol000334t     Document Type: Article

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