Lewis acid catalyzed rearrangement of vinylcyclopropenes for the construction of naphthalene and indene skeletons

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Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-120

  Shao, Li Xiong ^a   Zhang, Yun Peng ^a   Qi, Ming Hui ^a   Shi, Min ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 33846406406     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0626746     Document Type: Article

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