A strategy for position-selective epoxidation of polyprenols

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 8089-8093

  Gnanadesikan, Vijay ^a   Corey, E J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBSTRATES;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); DOUBLE BONDS; INTERNAL CONTROLS; INTRA-MOLECULAR REACTIONS; ISOPRENOID; SELECTIVE EPOXIDATION; SITE SELECTIVE; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL GROUP; ISOPRENOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EPOXIDATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PENTANOLS; POLYMERS;

EID: 45749153805     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja801899v     Document Type: Article

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