Group Transfer Addition Reactions of Methyl(phenylseleno)malononitrile to Alkenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 4279-4288

  Eichenberger, Eugen ^a   Collis, Maree ^a   Roepel, Michael G ^a   Thoma, Gebhard ^b   Curran, Dennis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Central Research Laboratories   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0000390580     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00089a017     Document Type: Article

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