Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardees - Where are they now? An asymmetric organocatalytic sequence towards 4a-methyl tetrahydroxanthones: Formal synthesis of 4-dehydroxydiversonol

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages 550-553

  Volz, Nicole ^a   Bröhmer, Manuel C ^a   Nieger, Martin ^b   Bräse, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Domino vinylogous aldol oxa Michael reaction; Natural products; Wittig reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249208038     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: 14372096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087927     Document Type: Article

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