Anthony C. Specian

Synthetic studies on (2R,4'R,8'R)-.alpha.-tocopherol. Facile syntheses of optically active, saturated, acyclic isoprenoids via stereospecific [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangements

Ka-Kong Chan, Noal Cohen, James P. De Noble et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1976 · 157 citations

Engineering, Biochemistry, Donut Icon +13

Synthesis of (2R,4'R,8'R)-.alpha.-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E acetate) using [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement

Ka-Kong Chan, Anthony C. Specian, G. Saucy · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1978 · 48 citations

Molecular Sciences, Bioorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry +14

Fluorinated retinoic acids and their analogs. 1. Synthesis and biological activity of (4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylphenyl)nonatetraenoic acid analogs

Beverly A. Pawson, Ka-Kong Chan, James DeNoble et al. · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 1979 · 43 citations

Retinoic Acids, Bioorganic Chemistry, Chemoprevention Strategy +19

Fluorinated retinoic acids and their analogs. 2. Synthesis and biological activity of aromatic 4-fluoro analogs

Ka-Kong Chan, Anthony C. Specian, Beverly A. Pawson · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 1981 · 11 citations

Retinoic Acids, Pharmaceutical Science, Bioorganic Chemistry +16