Activation of a cyclobutanone carbon-carbon bond over an aldehyde carbon-hydrogen bond in the rhodium-catalyzed decarbonylation

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-289

  Matsuda, Takanori ^a   Shigeno, Masanori ^a   Murakami, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33744548526     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2006.288     Document Type: Article

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