The total synthesis of the oxopolyene macrolide RK-397

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1066-1070

  Mitton Fry, Mark J ^a,b   Cullen, Aaron J ^a   Sammakia, Tarek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Macrocycles; Macrolides; Metathesis; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CHAIN LENGTH; OLEFINS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MACROCYCLES; METATHESIS; OXOPOLYENE MACROLIDE; POLYENE; POLYOL;

UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

MACROLIDE; POLYENE; RK 397; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

MACROLIDES; POLYENES;

EID: 34247264848     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200602601     Document Type: Article

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