Efficient access to 2,5-substituted tetrahydrofurans via a one-pot cyclization of di- and triepoxides

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 6784-6786

  Florence, Gordon J ^a   Cadou, Romain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; TETRAHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVE;

ADDITION REACTION; AMINOLYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYCLIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; EPOXIDATION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 53549098199     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.09.053     Document Type: Article

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