Facile synthesis of c/s-2-alkyl-3-trialkylsilyloxycycloalkanones via the non-aldol aldol rearrangement of 2,3-epoxycycloalkanols

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2039-2041

  Jung, Michael E ^a   Allen, Damian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; KETONE; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

EPOXY COMPOUNDS; KETONES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SILANES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 47049085582     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol800423m     Document Type: Article

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