Seebach's conjunctive reagent enables double cyclizations

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2746-2749

  Chandler, Brent D ^a   Roland, Jason T ^a   Li, Yukai ^a   Sorensen, Erik J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRINADIN A; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; INDOLE ALKALOID; KETONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CYCLIZATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77953570312     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100845z     Document Type: Article

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