Methodology and natural product synthesis: carbocycles, culpin and sorbicillactone A

The first chapter of this thesis describes the development of a general method for indirectly effecting radical carbocyclization of an alkyl chain onto an aromatic ring. This process involves a Birch reductive alkylation of aromatic tert-butyl esters, chromium(VI)-mediated oxidation and radical cy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sunasee, Rajesh
Other Authors: Dr. D. L. J. Clive (Chemistry)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10048/680