Novel and selective palladium-catalyzed annulations of 2-alkynylphenols to form 2-substituted 3-halobenzo[b]furans

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3017-3020

  Liang, Yun ^a   Tang, Shi ^a   Zhang, Xu Dong ^a   Mao, Li Qiu ^a   Xie, Ye Xiang ^a   Li, Jin Heng ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33746627631     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol060908f     Document Type: Article

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