Synthesis and oxidation of 'non-annulated' vitamin E-like compounds

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 7845-7848

  Rosenau, Thomas ^a   Stanger, Amnon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Mills Nixon effect; SIBL; Strain induced bond localization; Tocopherol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; OXIDATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 26444546355     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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