The strategic marriage of method and motif. Total synthesis of varitriol

Tetrahedron

Volumn 66, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 4832-4840

  Brichacek, Matthew ^a   Batory, Lindsay A ^a   McGrath, Nicholas A ^a   Njardarson, Jon T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ETHYLENE OXIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; TETRAHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARITRIOL; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DRUG SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 77954243216     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.03.038     Document Type: Article

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