Domino processes as a tool for recovering substandard reactions. Synthesis and use of nitroacetic acid esters and amides

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Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 965-968

  Scardovi, Noemi ^a   Casalini, Andrea ^a   Peri, Francesca ^a   Righi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 0041808809     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0255357     Document Type: Article

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