Convergent stereoselective synthesis of the visual pigment A2E

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 5737-5739

  Sicre, Cristina ^a   Cid, M Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A2E COMPOUND; COLORING AGENT; PALLADIUM; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; RETINOID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COLORING AGENTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALLADIUM; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RETINOIDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 29444449447     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol052512u     Document Type: Article

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