An enantioselective synthesis of the epoxyquinol (+)-isoepiepoformin

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4365-4367

  White, Lorenzo V ^a   Dietinger, Christine E ^a   Pinkerton, David M ^a   Willis, Anthony C ^a   Banwell, Martin G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

(+) isoepiepoformin; 2 dihydrocatechol; C C coupling; Cis l; Enones; Natural products; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955374799     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201000642     Document Type: Article

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