Efficient synthesis of a benzo[b]furan building block

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3390-3396

  Lee, Jaekyoo ^a   Khanapure, Subhash P ^a   Kim, Hwa Ok ^a   Rajur, Raj S B ^a   Li, Bing ^b   Williams, John D ^b   Pai, Ramdas ^b   Peet, Norton P ^a,b  

^a CreaGen Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^b MICROBIOTIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzo b furan; building block; oxidative hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

5 FORMYLBENZO[B]FURAN 2 CARBONITRILE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; BROMOBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77958045208     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903419902     Document Type: Article

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