Enantioselective synthesis of 5-epi-citreoviral using ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric ring-closing metathesis

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4998-5001

  Funk, Timothy W ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 70350660793     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol901853t     Document Type: Article

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