Silicon tether-aided coupling metathesis: Application to the synthesis of attenol A

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 4105-4108

  Van De Weghe, Pierre ^a   Aoun, Darina ^a   Boiteau, Jean Guy ^a   Eustache, Jacques ^a  

^a Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Mulhouse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ATTENOL A; ETHER DERIVATIVE; SILICON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG EFFECT; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CATALYSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; ETHERS, CYCLIC; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SILICON;

EID: 0037078848     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0268438     Document Type: Article

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