The first high-yielding benzyne cyclisation using a phenolic nucleophile: A new route to xanthenes

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1141-1143

  Knight, David W ^a   Little, Paul B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002386757     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1998-1878     Document Type: Article

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