Functionalized oxepines via fragmentation of highly strained epoxides

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5183-5186

  Leyhane, Andrew J ^a   Snapper, Marc L ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 33845258258     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol061682j     Document Type: Article

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