Large PAHs by reductive peri-peri "dimerization" of phenalenones

Organic Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1387-1390

  Pogodin, Sergey ^a   Agranat, Israel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0001755169     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9909435     Document Type: Article

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