Synthesis and stereochemical behavior of a new chiral oxa[7]heterohelicene

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1343-1345

  Irie, Ryo ^a   Tanoue, Akihiro ^a   Urakawa, Suguru ^a   Imahori, Tatsushi ^a   Igawa, Kazunobu ^b   Matsumoto, Taisuke ^b   Tomooka, Katsuhiko ^b   Kikuta, Shinsuke ^b   Uchida, Tatsuya ^b   Katsuki, Tsutomu ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 82155167404     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2011.1343     Document Type: Article

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