Concise, regioselective synthesis of the ABC tristetrahydropyran of thyrsiferol and venustatriol

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 593-595

  McDonald, Frank E ^a   Wei, Xudong ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FURAN DERIVATIVE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; THYRSIFEROL; VENUSTATRIOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; RED ALGA; SYNTHESIS;

ALGAE, RED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYCLIZATION; FURANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; PYRANS;

EID: 0037149060     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0171968     Document Type: Article

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