Highly functionalized pyranopyrans from furans: A synthesis of the C27-C38 and C44-C53 subunits of norhalichondrin B

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 5299-5302

  Henderson, James A ^a   Jackson, Katrina L ^a   Phillips, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FURAN DERIVATIVE; NORHALICHONDRIN B; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON; FURANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRANS;

EID: 37249004685     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702559e     Document Type: Article

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