A novel approach to Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) lactones via the Lewis acid-promoted couplings of α,β-unsaturated lactone with aldehydes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2991-2994

  Karur, Subramanian ^a   Hardin, Justin ^a   Headley, Allan ^a   Li, Guigen ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; MORITA BAYLIS HILLMAN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037474668     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)00380-0     Document Type: Article

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