Improved dienophilicity of nitrocycloalkenes: Prospects for the development of a trans-Diels-Alder paradigm

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 12576-12578

  Woo, Han Kim ^a   Jun, Hee Lee ^b   Danishefsky, Samuel J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CYCLOADDUCTS; DIELS-ALDER; STEREO-SELECTIVE;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ALKADIENE; CYCLOALKENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOADDITION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; EXTRACTION; REACTION TIME; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CYCLOPARAFFINS; NITROGEN; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69849115865     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9058926     Document Type: Article

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