Michael Jung and colleague at UCLA have reported in Organic Letters on the synthesis of mycosporulone.
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Mycosporulone synthesis
Posted by naturalproductman on September 7, 2012
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C-18 Steroids from C-19 Steroids
Posted by naturalproductman on May 12, 2010
Wei-Shang Tian and co-workers from Shanghai Normal University have recently reported in Tetrahedron Letters on the synthesis of estrogen steroids from androgens via a retro-Aldol reaction.
Posted in C-C Bond Breaking, Cascade Reactions, Methodology, Named Reactions, retro-Aldol, Steroids | Leave a Comment »