HIV protease inhibitor part 1: Use of Evans' oxazolidinone in intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction en route to 3,4-substituted cyclohexanones

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Volumn , Issue 4, 2004, Pages 679-683

  Crackett, Peter ^a   Demont, Emmanuel ^a,b   Eatherton, Andrew ^a   Frampton, Christopher S ^a   Gilbert, Jenny ^a   Kahn, Irfan ^a   Redshaw, Sally ^a   Watson, William ^a  

^a ROCHE PRODUCTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclohexane; Cyclohexanone; Diels Alder; HIV protease inhibitor; Oxazolidinone

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANONE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SAQUINAVIR;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DIELS ALDER REACTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 1642301290     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815438     Document Type: Article

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