1996 Merck Frosst Award Lecture Synthetic adventures along a Rocky Mountain road

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Chemistry
• Main Authors: Keay, Brian A., Maddaford, Shawn P., Cristofoli, Walter A., Andersen, Neil G., Passafaro, Marco S., Wilson, Noel S., Nieman, James A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1997
• Subjects: Organic Chemistry; General Chemistry; Catalysis; Canada; Spiro; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/v97-139; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/v97-139

This paper describes the chemistry presented during the Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Lecture Award given at the 79th Chemistry in Canada Conference held in St. John's, Newfoundland in June 1996. The first section describes the synthesis of (+)-xestoquinone using an asymmetric pa...