Theory-guided discovery of unique chemical transformations of cyclopropenes

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-174

  Weatherhead Kloster, Robin A ^a   Corey, E J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 30944454327     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol052752+     Document Type: Article

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