A new, practical synthesis of 2-methoxyestradiols

Steroids

Volumn 67, Issue 13-14, 2002, Pages 1065-1070

  Rao, Pemmaraju N ^a   Cessac, James W ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Methoxyestradiol; Antiangiogenesis; Fries rearrangement; Steroids; Zirconium tetrachloride

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXY 7ALPHA METHYLESTRADIOL; 2 METHOXYESTRADIOL; ACETYL GROUP; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIRCONIUM DERIVATIVE; 2-METHOXY-7ALPHA-METHYLESTRADIOL; 2-METHOXYESTRADIOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036890192     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(02)00065-X     Document Type: Article

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