Concise and efficient synthesis of linear furocoumarins: Psoralen and 4-methylpsoralen

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Zhang, Bang Le ^a,b   Wang, Fang Dao ^a   Yue, Jian Min ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4 methylpsoralen; Linear furocoumarins; Psoralen; Swern oxidation

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLPSORALEN; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FUROCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; PSORALEN; PSORALEN DERIVATIVE; UMBELLIFERONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION; SWERN OXIDATION;

EID: 33846943370     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910600978093     Document Type: Article

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