The concerted nature of the cyclization of squalene oxide to the protosterol cation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 11029-11033

  Hess Jr , B Andes ^a   Smentek, Lidia ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbocations; density functional calculations; reaction mechanisms; squalene; terpenoids

Indexed keywords

BOAT CONFORMATIONS; CARBOCATIONS; REACTION MECHANISM; RING FORMATION; SQUALENE; TERPENOIDS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; POSITIVE IONS;

POLYOLS;

EID: 84885442213     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302886     Document Type: Article

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