Diastereoselective synthesis of α-tocopherol: A new concept for the formation of chromanols

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5123-5126

  Chapelat, Julien ^a   Buss, Axel ^a   Chougnet, Antoinette ^a   Woggon, Wolf D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2,5,7,8 PENTAMETHYL 1 HYDROXYCHROMAN; 2,2,5,7,8-PENTAMETHYL-1-HYDROXYCHROMAN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; CHROMANS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149195371     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8019583     Document Type: Article

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