Enantioselective synthesis of pentacycloanammoxic acid

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3118-3119

  Mascitti, Vincent ^a   Corey, E J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; PENTACYCLOANAMMOXIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS BROCADIA ANAMMOXIDANS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESTERS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33644948255     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja058370g     Document Type: Article

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