Stereo- and regioselective synthesis of squalene tetraepoxide

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8407-8409

  Tong, Rongbiao ^a   Boone, Matthew A ^a   McDonald, Frank E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHETIC PRECURSORS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DIEPOXIDES; ELECTRONIC CONTROLS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE EPOXIDATION; FARNESOL; NATURAL PRODUCTS; ORGANOCATALYTIC; REGIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; TRITERPENOIDS;

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; POWER ELECTRONICS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANION; EPOXIDE; FARNESOL; SQUALENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; EPOXIDATION; REGIOSELECTIVE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SQUALENE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 70350707657     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo901920d     Document Type: Article

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