Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds with Grignard Reagents in the Presence of Cerium Chloride

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 1989, Pages 4392-4398

  Imamoto, Tsuneo ^a   Takiyama, Nobuyuki ^a   Nakamura, Kimikazu ^a   Hatajima, Toshihiko ^a   Kamiya, Yasuo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 26844522419     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00194a037     Document Type: Article

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