Aryl oxalate derivatives as convenient precursors for generation of aryloxyl radicals

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1730-1738

  Lahti, Paul M ^a   Modarelli, David A ^a,b   Rossitto, Frank C ^a   Inceli, Ahmet Levent ^a   Ichimura, Andrew S ^a   Ivatury, Shyamala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

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EID: 0001398755     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo951696v     Document Type: Article

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