Kinetic Control in the Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of C2-Symmetric Hexabenzotriphenylene. A Conformational Study

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Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1629-1632

  Peña, Diego ^a   Cobas, Agustín ^a   Pérez, Dolores ^a   Guitián, Enrique ^a   Castedo, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

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EID: 0001317472     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol005916p     Document Type: Article

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