RuO4-promoted oxidative polycyclization of isoprenoid polyenes. A further insight into the stereochemistry of the process

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 29, 2003, Pages 5499-5503

  Bifulco, Giuseppe ^b   Caserta, Teresa ^a   Gomez Paloma, Luigi ^b   Piccialli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

(E,Z) farnesyl acetate; Isoprenoid polyenes; Oxidative polycyclization; RuO4; Tris THF configuration

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; FARNESYL ACETATE; GERANYLGERANYL ACETATE; ISOPRENOID; NEROL; POLYENE; RHENIUM; RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION; POLYCYCLIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037863067     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)01254-1     Document Type: Article

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