Synthesis of cyclic sulfones by ring-closing metathesis

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 427-430

  Yao, Qingwei ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SULFONES;

EID: 0037034333     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol017142y     Document Type: Article

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