Investigations towards the synthesis of (-)-coprinolone, via a thermal 8π-6π electrocyclization cascade of 1,5,7-trien-4-ones

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 49, 2006, Pages 8717-8720

  Lawrence, Andrew L ^a   Wegner, Hermann A ^a   Jacobsen, Mikkel F ^a   Adlington, Robert M ^a   Baldwin, Jack E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPRINOLONE; KETOL; KETONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ELECTROCYCLIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33750445978     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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