A concise synthesis of ent-cholesterol

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2768-2773

  Belani, Jitendra D ^a   Rychnovsky, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ISOTOPIC INCORPORATION;

CHOLESTEROL;

CHOLESTEROL; CITRONELLOL; METHYL IODIDE;

ALKYLATION; ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS;

CHOLESTEROL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONOTERPENES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 41649095760     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo702694g     Document Type: Article

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