A high yielding synthesis of anthranilate esters from sterically hindered alcohols

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1785-1788

  Barker, David ^a   McLeod, Malcolm D ^a   Brimble, Margaret A ^b   Savage, G Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTHRANILIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTHRANILIC ACID ESTER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; N (TRIFLUOROACETYL)ANTHRANILIC ACID; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESTERIFICATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0035951934     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)02327-3     Document Type: Article

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