Bicyclic- and tricyclic-β-lactones via organonucleophile-promoted bis-cyclizations of keto acids: Enantioselective synthesis of (+)-dihydroplakevulin

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4363-4366

  Henry Riyad, Huda ^a   Lee, Changsuk ^a   Purohit, Vikram C ^a   Romo, Daniel ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROPLAKEVULIN A; LACTONE; OXOACID;

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

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPENTANES; KETO ACIDS; LACTONES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33749027460     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol061816t     Document Type: Article

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