Facile synthesis of (-)-6-acetoxy-5-hexadecanolide by size-selective ring-closing/cross metathesis

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 7121-7123

  Quinn, Kevin J ^a   Curto, John M ^a   McGrath, Kevin P ^a   Biddick, Neal A ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterocycle synthesis; Olefin metathesis; Ring size selectivity

Indexed keywords

6 ACETOXY 5 HEXADECANOLIDE; HEXADECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGENATION; HYDROGENOLYSIS; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 70350438580     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.09.179     Document Type: Article

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