Regioselective and stereoselective cyclizations of chloropolyols in water: Rapid synthesis of hydroxytetrahydrofurans

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1716-1719

  Kang, Baldip ^a   Chang, Stanley ^a   Decker, Shannon ^a   Britton, Robert ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURAN DERIVATIVE; GONIOTHALESDIOL; POLYMER; POLYOL; TETRAHYDROFURAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CYCLIZATION; FURANS; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES; POLYMERS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 77951156042     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100260z     Document Type: Article

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