A new diorganozinc-based enantioselective access to truncated D-ribo-phytosphingosine

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 579-582

  Ayad, Tahar ^a   Génisson, Yves ^a   Verdu, Alexandre ^a   Baltas, Michel ^a   Gorrichon, Liliane ^a  

^a UPS)   (France)

Author keywords

Diorganozinc reagent; Double asymmetric induction; Phytosphingosine

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZIDE; DEXTRO RIBOPHYTOSPHINGOSINE; EPOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; REAGENT; SPHINGOSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRECURSOR; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037433961     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)02526-1     Document Type: Article

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