1,2-Bisanionic coupling approach to 2,3-disubstituted cyclopentenols and cyclopentenones

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2147-2150

  Luparia, Marco ^a   Vadalà, Alessandro ^a   Zanoni, Giuseppe ^a   Vidari, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 33744765865     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol060654y     Document Type: Article

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