Ladder polyether synthesis via epoxide-opening cascades using a disappearing directing group

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1056-1057

  Simpson, Graham L ^a   Heffron, Timothy P ^a   Merino, Estíbaliz ^a   Jamison, Timothy F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYETHER; TETRAHYDROPYRAN DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

CIGUATOXINS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ETHERS, CYCLIC; FURANS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OXOCINS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS;

EID: 31944431949     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja057973p     Document Type: Article

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