Overcoming the limitations of the Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction: A rapid and general synthesis of α-alkenyl-β-hydroxy thioesters

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 4819-4822

  Tarsis, Emily ^a   Gromova, Anna ^a   Lim, Daniel ^a   Zhou, Guoqiang ^a   Coltart, Don M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYBUTANAL; ALDEHYDE; ALDOL; ALKENE; ESTER; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROXYLATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; TIME;

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; ESTERS; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149144479     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol801896q     Document Type: Article

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