Strained alkenes in natural product synthesis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4078-4087

  Wilson, Matthew R ^a   Taylor, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

distortion; natural products; strain release; strained alkenes; total synthesis

Indexed keywords

HIGH REACTIVITY; NATURAL PRODUCT SYNTHESIS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; STRAIN RELEASE; STRAINED MOLECULES; SYNTHETIC TRANSFORMATIONS; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

DISTORTION (WAVES); HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKENE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; REVIEW; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84875836607     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201207712     Document Type: Review

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