Synthesis of (-)-mintlactone via intramolecular Wittig-Horner reaction

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2323-2329

  Pandey, Rajesh K ^a   Upadhyay, Rajesh K ^a   Shinde, Sandip S ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Intramolecular Wittig Homer reaction; Mintlactone; Phosphonate; Stereoselectivity

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MINTLACTONE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 3543101020     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SCC-120039484     Document Type: Article

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