Enantioselective total synthesis of clavirolide C. applications of Cu-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate additions and Ru-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 12904-12906

  Brown, M Kevin ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLALUMINUM; ASYMMETRIC CONJUGATE ADDITION; C-SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CHIRAL AMINO ACIDS; CYCLOALKENONES; DITERPENES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE TOTAL SYNTHESIS; LINEAR SEQUENCE; NATURAL PRODUCTS; NEW PROTOCOL; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; RING STRUCTURES; TARGET MOLECULE; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; ADHESIVE JOINTS; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CHELATION; ORGANIC ACIDS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CLAVIROLIDE C; COPPER; DITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CATALYSIS; COPPER; CYCLIZATION; DITERPENES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 58149165238     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8058414     Document Type: Article

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