Dichlorocarbene adducts of alkyl enol ethers as precursors to furans: application to a total synthesis of the furanosesquiterpene (±)-pallescensin A

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 6817-6820

  Foot, Jonathan S ^a   Phillis, Andrew T ^a   Sharp, Phillip P ^a   Willis, Anthony C ^a   Banwell, Martin G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclopropene; Dichlorocyclopropane; Furan; Furanosesquiterpene; Pallescensin A; Wieland Miescher ketone

Indexed keywords

CARBENOID; DECALONE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; KETONE; PALLESCENSIN A; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 33747190017     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.07.068     Document Type: Article

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