Protecting-group-free synthesis of chokols

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2494-2501

  Morales, Carmen Pérez ^a   Catalán, Julieta ^a   Domingo, Victoriano ^a   González Delgado, José A ^a   Dobado, José A ^a   Herrador, M Mar ^a   Quílez Del Moral, José F ^a   Barrero, Alejandro F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIASTEREOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOPURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; NATURAL PRODUCTS; STEREO-SELECTIVE; TEMPLATE EFFECTS; TWO-STEP PROTOCOL;

STEREOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CYCLIZATION;

CHOKOL B; CHOKOL E; CHOKOL K; LINALOOL; TITANOCENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79953879675     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo102280n     Document Type: Article

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