Torsional steering controls the stereoselectivity of epoxidation in the guanacastepene A synthesis

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1513-1516

  Cheong, Paul Ha Yeon ^a   Yun, Heedong ^b   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^b,c   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; GUANACASTEPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DITERPENES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33646463586     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol052862g     Document Type: Article

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