Total synthesis of (+)-cymbodiacetal: A re-evaluation of the biomimetic route

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8465-8470

  Uroos, Maliha ^a   Lewis, William ^a   Blake, Alexander J ^a   Hayes, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIASTEREOISOMERS; DIASTEREOMERIC; DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITIONS; HEMIACETALS; HETERO-DIELS-ALDER; LIMONENE OXIDE; OXIDATION REACTIONS; QUANTITATIVE YIELDS; RE-EVALUATION; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

BIOMIMETICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CYCLOADDITION;

CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; CYMBODIACETAL; LIMONENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; DIASTEREOISOMER; DIELS ALDER REACTION; OXIDATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOTERPENES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 78650334308     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo101691n     Document Type: Article

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