α-ketophosphonates as ester surrogates: Isothiourea-catalyzed asymmetric diester and lactone synthesis

Organic Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2506-2509

  Smith, Siobhan R ^a   Leckie, Stuart M ^a   Holmes, Reuben ^a   Douglas, James ^a   Fallan, Charlene ^a   Shapland, Peter ^b   Pryde, David ^c   Slawin, Alexandra M Z ^a   Smith, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER; LACTONE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ACETATES; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; LACTONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOPHOSPHONATES; THIOUREA;

EID: 84899825801     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol500873s     Document Type: Article

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