Strain release in C-H bond activation?

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 9705-9708

  Chen, Ke ^a   Eschenmoser, Albert ^b   Baran, Phil S ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C H functionalization; Conformational analysis; Natural products; Strain release

Indexed keywords

C-H ACTIVATION; C-H BOND; C-H FUNCTIONALIZATION; CH-BOND ACTIVATION; CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; STRAIN RELEASE;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBON; EUDESMANE; HYDROGEN; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; CARBON; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SESQUITERPENES, EUDESMANE;

EID: 71949100419     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904474     Document Type: Article

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