Versatile approaches for the synthesis of fused-ring γ-lactones utilizing cyclopropane intermediates

Organic Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1591-1593

  Newhouse, Timothy R ^a   Kaib, Philip S J ^a   Gross, Andrew W ^a   Corey, E J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; ESTER; LACTONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLOPROPANES; ESTERS; LACTONES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84875936139     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol400362t     Document Type: Article

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