Probing the oxidation of functionalized (hexahydro)xanthenols

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 32, 2009, Pages 5576-5586

  Sahin, Hülya ^a   Nieger, Martin ^b   Bräse, Stefan ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomimetic synthesis; Natural products; Oxidation; Xanthones

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549093093     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200900635     Document Type: Article

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