Regioselective reductive ring opening of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]oxetanes at the more substituted C-2 position

Liebigs Annales

Volumn , Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1529-1536

  Bach, Thorsten ^a   Eilers, Frank ^a   Kather, Kristian ^b,c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Oxetanes; Photochemistry; Reductions; Ring opening reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748821840     PISSN: 09473440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlac.199719970732     Document Type: Article

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