An efficient route to 2, 6-disubstituted styrènes via the palladium-catalyzed [4 + 2] cyclodimerization of conjugated enynes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 7022-7025

  Gevorgyan, Vladimir ^a   Tando, Kazushi ^a   Uchiyama, Naoyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshinori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000433431     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo980967+     Document Type: Article

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