δ-Sultone formation through Rh-catalyzed C-H insertion

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4363-4366

  Wolckenhauer, Scott A ^a   Devlin, A Sloan ^a   Du Bois, J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHOSULTONE; RHODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CYCLIZATION; ESTERS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 35548934727     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol701950d     Document Type: Article

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