Novel synthesis of bridged phenylthienylethenes and dithienylethenes via Pd-catalyzed double-cyclization reactions of diarylhexadienynes

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1197-1200

  Abdur Rahman, S M ^a,b   Sonoda, Motohiro ^a   Ono, Miyako ^a   Miki, Koji ^a   Tobe, Yoshito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 33646463437     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0600281     Document Type: Article

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