Electron-deficient dienes. 5. An inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder approach to 2-substituted 4-methoxyxanthones and 3,4-dimethoxyxanthones

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-236

  Dang, Anh Thu ^a   Miller, David O ^a   Dawe, Louise N ^a   Bodwell, Graham J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYENE; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYENES; XANTHONES;

EID: 38749087284     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702614b     Document Type: Article

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