Catalytic Z-selective olefin cross-metathesis for natural product synthesis

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7339, 2011, Pages 461-466

  Meek, Simon J ^a   Obrien, Robert V ^a   Llaveria, Josep ^a   Schrock, Richard R ^b   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 O (ALPHA GALACTOPYRANOSYL) 2 HEXACOSANOYLAMINO 1,3,4 OCTADECANETRIOL; ALKENE; ETHER; MOLYBDENUM; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLASMALOGEN;

ALKENE; CATALYSIS; MOLYBDENUM; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS METATHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALKENES; AMIDES; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CATALYSIS; ETHERS; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM; PLASMALOGENS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79953031273     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09957     Document Type: Article

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