Chemoenzymatic access to versatile epoxyquinol synthons

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4290-4293

  Pinkerton, David M ^a   Banwell, Martin G ^a   Willis, Anthony C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOXONE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; EPIEPOFORMIN; EPOXIDE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; HARVEYNONE; HEXACYCLINOL; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PANEPOPHENANTHRIN; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CYCLOHEXENES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; HYDROQUINONES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70350140382     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9016657     Document Type: Article

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