The virtue of palladium-catalyzed domino reactions - Diverse oligocyclizations of acyclic 2-bromoenynes and 2-bromoenediynes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 413-422

  De Meijere, Armin ^a   Von Zezschwitz, Paultheo ^a   Eräse, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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EID: 20444486970     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980025r     Document Type: Article

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