Total synthesis of (±)-merrilactone A via catalytic Nazarov cyclization

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 498-499

  He, Wei ^a   Huang, Jie ^a   Sun, Xiufeng ^a,b   Frontier, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MERRILACTONE A; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LACTONE; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CYCLIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; LACTONIZATION; OXIDATION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ILLICIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; ILLICIUM; LACTONES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SESQUITERPENES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33846462087     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja068150i     Document Type: Article

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