The domestication of ortho-quinone methides

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3655-3664

  Bai, Wen Ju ^a   David, Jonathan G ^a   Feng, Zhen Gao ^a   Weaver, Marisa G ^a   Wu, Kun Liang ^a   Pettus, Thomas R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUINONE METHIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

INDOLEQUINONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS;

EID: 84918518265     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar500330x     Document Type: Article

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