Olefin metathesis as key step in the synthesis of bioactive compounds: Challenges in the total synthesis of (-)-kendomycin

Current Organic Synthesis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-405

  Bicchielli, Dario ^a   Borguet, Yannick ^a   Delaude, Lionel ^a   Demonceau, Albert ^a   Dragutan, Ileana ^b   Dragutan, Valerian ^b   Hans, Morgan ^a   Jossifov, Christo ^c   Nicks, François ^a   Willem, Quentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTE OF POLYMERS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Homogeneous catalysis; Kendomycin; Macrocyclisation; Olefin metathesis; Polyketide; Ruthenium catalysts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861126800     PISSN: 15701794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017912801270586     Document Type: Review

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