An efficient synthesis of (+)-aureol via boron trifluoride etherate-promoted rearrangement of (+)-arenarol

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 39, 2002, Pages 6929-6932

  Nakamura, Masahiko ^a   Suzuki, Akiyuki ^a   Nakatani, Mari ^a   Fuchikami, Takamasa ^a   Inoue, Munenori ^a   Katoh, Tadashi ^a  

^a SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arenarol; Aureol; Domino reaction; Marine natural product; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ARENAROL; AUREOL; BORON TRIFLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CYCLIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0037163283     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)01627-1     Document Type: Article

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