Molecular Rearrangements in the Construction of Complex Molecules

Overview

Journal Tetrahedron

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2010 Jul 20

PMID 20640042

Citations 18

Authors

Larry E Overman

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Abstract

A personal account is given of the development in my laboratory of designed molecular rearrangements and their application in target-directed synthesis.

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