Facile synthesis of N-alkyl-N′-arylimidazolium salts via addition of imidazoles to arynes

Organic Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2767-2769

  Yoshida, Hiroto ^a   Sugiura, Shinji ^a   Kunai, Atsutaka ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0038138386     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0262845     Document Type: Article

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