A cascade radical macrocyclisation-transannulation approach towards the construction of ring-fused tricycles and polycycles

Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkin Transactions 1

Volumn , Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-29

  Begley, Michael J ^a   Pattenden, Gerald ^a   Smithies, Allison ^a   Tapolczay, David ^b   Walter, Daryl S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1542421167     PISSN: 0300922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/P19960000021     Document Type: Article

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