A new access to efaroxan and its 5-amino derivatives

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 715-718

  Lomberget, Thierry ^a,b   Barret, Roland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

2,3 Dihydrobenzofuran; Efaroxan; Hydrazone; Quinone imide

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYL 2,3 DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 2 CARBONITRILE; 2 ETHYL 2,3 DIHYROBENZOFURAN 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; EFAROXAN; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLOADDITION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION;

EID: 37649007268     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.11.108     Document Type: Article

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