Dibromomethane as one-carbon source in organic synthesis: Formal total synthesis of (±)-nephrosteranic acid

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1635-1651

  Hon, Yung Son ^a,b   Hsieh, Cheng Han ^a   Chen, Hsien Fan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

methylenation; methylene butyrolactones; substituted acrolein; cis nephrosterinic acid; Nephrosteranic acid; Paraconic acids

Indexed keywords

ACID; CARBON; DIBROMOMETHANE; NEPHROSTERANIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIASTEREOISOMER; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; OZONOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION KINETICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 34249336049     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701263767     Document Type: Article

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