Efficient construction of oligocholate foldamers via "click" chemistry and their tolerance of structural heterogeneity

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-72

  Pan, Xingang ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; AZIDE; CHOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; AZIDES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHOLATES; CYCLIZATION; METHANOL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 59649089776     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol802364c     Document Type: Article

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