Synthesis of a highly functionalized tricyclic ring system related to guanacastepene via a tandem ring-closing metathesis reaction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 42, 2002, Pages 7469-7472

  Boyer, François Didier ^a   Hanna, Issam ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE SYNTHÈSE ORGANIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; GUANACASTEPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037078394     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)01793-8     Document Type: Article

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