Room temperature hydroamination of N-alkenyl ureas catalyzed by a gold(I) N-heterocyclic carbene complex

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5303-5305

  Bender, Christopher F ^a   Widenhoefer, Ross A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845263000     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062107i     Document Type: Article

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