An efficient and economic asymmetric synthesis of (+)-nootkatone, tetrahydronootkatone, and derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3530-3533

  Sauer, Anne M ^a   Crowe, William E ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^b   Laine, Roger A ^a,c  

^a Department of Chemistry ^*  (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOOTKATONE; SESQUITERPENE; TETRAHYDRONOOTKATONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SESQUITERPENES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 68949083016     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8023709     Document Type: Article

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