Samarium diiodide-mediated intramolecular cyclodimerisation of bis-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 3564-3567

  Powell, Jonathan R ^a   Dixon, Sally ^a   Light, Mark E ^a   Kilburn, Jeremy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; NONANE; OCTANE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; SAMARIUM DIIODIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 65549121773     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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