The art of the soluble: Synthetic problems from industry as a springboard for the discovery of new chemical reactions

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-353

  Zard, Samir Z ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE SYNTHÈSE ORGANIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Deoxygenation; Pyrroles; Radicals; Rearrangements; Steroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249105213     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: 14372096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087546     Document Type: Review

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