Synthesis of (±)-epoxysorbicillinol using a novel cyclohexa-2,5-dienone with synthetic applications to other sorbicillin derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 905-908

  Pettus, Liping H ^a   Van De Water, Ryan W ^a   Pettus, Thomas R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANONE DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; EPOXIDE; EPOXYSORBICILLINOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

CYCLOHEXANONES; DIMERIZATION; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0035932578     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0155438     Document Type: Article

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