Petr Klan (Masaryk University) and Richard Givens (University of Kansas) have reported in JOC on a study of the photo-Favorskii rearrangement.

Posted by naturalproductman on August 6, 2012
Petr Klan (Masaryk University) and Richard Givens (University of Kansas) have reported in JOC on a study of the photo-Favorskii rearrangement.

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Posted by naturalproductman on January 12, 2010
Chinensiolide has recently been synthesized by Dennis Hall and co-worker at the University of Alberta. This molecule has a similar carbon backbone to the 5,7-skeleton that is found in englerin A.

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