Enantioselective formal synthesis of eurylene: Synthesis of the cis - And trans -THF fragments using oxidative cyclization

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2468-2471

  Sheikh, Nadeem S ^a   Bataille, Carole J ^a   Luker, Tim J ^b   Brown, Richard C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EURYLENE; FURAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; FURANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77953016632     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100513y     Document Type: Article

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