Short syntheses of (±)-δ-araneosene and humulene utilizing a combination of four-component assembly and palladium-mediated cyclization

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 2441-2443

  Hu, Tao ^a   Corey, E J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA ARANEOSENE; DELTA-ARANEOSENE; DITERPENE; HUMULENE; PALLADIUM; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DITERPENES; PALLADIUM; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 0037062894     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol026205p     Document Type: Article

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