Adventures with acetylenes: A personal odyssey from Wyerone and Crepenynic Acid to enediynes, acetylenic cyclophanes, and propargyl alcohols

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2249-2267

  Fallis, Alex G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylene; C60; Copper; Cyclophanes; Enediyne; Magnesium; Palladium; Propargyl alcohols

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; ACETYLENIC CYCLOPHANE; ALKADIENE; ALKENYLDIALKYNE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNYL GROUP; ALLENOCYCLOPHANE DERIVATIVE; AZULENE; BENZENE; BORANE DERIVATIVE; BORON; COPPER; CREPENYNIC ACID; CYCLOHEXADIENE; CYCLOPHANE DERIVATIVE; ETHER; FULLERENE; MAGNESIUM; NATURAL PRODUCT; PROPARGYL ALCOHOL; REVOLVENYNE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM OXIDE; TAXAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WYERONE;

ARTICLE; CARBOMETALLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DESILYLATION; DIMERIZATION; METALLATION; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS; TRIPLE BOND;

EID: 8644255918     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832847     Document Type: Article

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