Rubrenolide, total synthesis and revision of its reported stereochemical structure

Tetrahedron

Volumn 60, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5237-5252

  Thijs, L ^a   Zwanenburg, B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epoxy diazomethyl ketone; Lactone; Rubrenolide

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; RUBRENOLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 2542476272     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2004.04.037     Document Type: Article

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