Concise approach to the core of englerin a via an organocatalytic [4+3] cycloaddition reaction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2155-2158

  Sun, Bing Feng ^a   Wang, Chao Lei ^a,b   Ding, Rui ^a   Xu, Jin Yi ^b   Lin, Guo Qiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Englerin A; Intramolecular Heck reaction; Organocatalytic 4+3 cycloaddition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYCLOADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

EID: 79953207640     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.11.087     Document Type: Article

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