Multifunctional organoboron compounds for scalable natural product synthesis

Nature

Volumn 513, Issue 7518, 2014, Pages 367-374

  Meng, Fanke ^a   McGrath, Kevin P ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLENE DERIVATIVE; BORON; COPPER; HERBOXIDIENE; NATURAL PRODUCT; ORGANOBORON DERIVATIVE; ROTTNESTOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKENE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; FATTY ALCOHOL; MONOSACCHARIDE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

ALKENE; BORON; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BONDING; ORGANOHALOGEN; TRANSFORMATION;

ALLYLIC REARRANGEMENT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; ELECTROPHILICITY; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKENES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BORON; CATALYSIS; COPPER; FATTY ALCOHOLS; MONOSACCHARIDES; PORIFERA; PYRANS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84907761715     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13735     Document Type: Article

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