Total synthesis of (±)-cafestol: A late-stage construction of the furan ring inspired by a biosynthesis strategy

Organic Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2162-2165

  Zhu, Lili ^a   Luo, Jisheng ^a   Hong, Ran ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; CAFESTOL; DITERPENE; FURAN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; GOLD CHLORIDE; GOLD DERIVATIVE; OCTANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; CYCLIZATION; DITERPENES; FURANS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OCTANES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84898978743     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol500623w     Document Type: Article

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