Access to guaianolides: Highly efficient stereocontrolled total synthesis of (±)-geigerin

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 6870-6873

  Carret, Sébastien ^a   Deprés, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Conjugate addition; Cycloaddition; Guaianolides natural products; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOADDITION; POSITIVE IONS; REGIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONJUGATE ADDITION; GUAIANOLIDES NATURAL PRODUCTS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548726167     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200702031     Document Type: Article

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