General route for the preparation of diverse 17-membered macrocycles based on RCM and examination of the E/Z selectivity

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2854-2865

  Heckrodt, Thilo J ^a   Singh, Rajinder ^a  

^a RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity orientated synthesis (DOS); E Z isomers; Grubbs' catalyst; Macrocycles; Ring closing metathesis (RCM)

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; PHENOTYPE; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING CLOSING METATHESIS; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 84861972343     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2011.570891     Document Type: Article

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