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1: Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Jun 14;(22):2211-21. Epub 2007 Feb 19. Links

Cascading pericyclic reactions: building complex carbon frameworks for natural product synthesis.

Arns S, Barriault L.

Department of Chemistry, 10 Marie Curie, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaK1N 6N5.

Tandem reactions have emerged as powerful strategies to synthesize complex structures, in particular, processes involving pericyclic reactions. This article describes recent advancement by our group in the development of novel tandem pericyclic reactions aimed at constructing diterpene frameworks.

PMID: 17534496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]