Approach to the blues: A highly flexible route to the azulenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 5130-5133

  Carret, Sébastien ^a   Blanc, Aurélien ^a   Coquerel, Yoann ^a   Berthod, Mikaël ^a   Greene, Andrew E ^a   Deprés, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Azulenes; Cycloaddition; Natural products; Synthesis design

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; DECHLORINATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AZULENES; CYCLOADDITION; NATURAL PRODUCTS; SYNTHESIS DESIGN;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AZULENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

AZULENES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 23944514264     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501276     Document Type: Article

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