Ga(IIl)-catalyzed cycloisomerization approach to (±)-icetexone and (±)-epi-icetexone

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1428-1431

  De Jesus Cortez, Felipe ^a   Sarpong, Richmond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; GADOLINIUM; ICETEXONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; DITERPENES; GADOLINIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77950240527     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol902959v     Document Type: Article

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