Control of the diels-alder addition regioselectivity by remote substituents. Synthesis of anthracycline precursors.

The mechanism of the Diels-Alder reaction

R. B. Woodward, Thomas J. Katz · Tetrahedron · 1959 · 339 citations

Engineering, Alkene Metathesis, Organic Chemistry +5

Effective methods of carbonyl methylenation using CH2I2-Zn-Me3Al and CH2Br2-Zn-TiCl4 system

Kazuhiko Takai, Yuji Hotta, Koichiro Oshima et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1978 · 195 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Sustainable Synthesis +4

Total synthesis of (.+-.)-daunomycinone and (.+-.)-carminomycinone

Andrew S. Kende, Yuh-Geng Tsay, John E. Mills · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1976 · 105 citations

Pharmaceutical Science, Bioorganic Chemistry, Chemoprevention Strategy +17

An Efficient Synthesis of 2,3,5,6‐Tetramethylidene‐7‐oxanorbornane

Cyril Mahaim, Pierre‐Alain Carrupt, J.‐P. HAGENBUCH et al. · Helvetica Chimica Acta · 1980 · 63 citations · Full text

Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering +11

Synthesis of (±)‐4‐Demethoxydaunomycinone by Double <i>Diels‐Alder</i> Additions to 2, 3, 5, 6‐Tetramethylidene‐7‐oxanorbornane

Y. BESSIERE, Pierre Vogel · Helvetica Chimica Acta · 1980 · 60 citations · Full text

Diversity Oriented Synthesis, Engineering, Methylvinyl Ketone +9