Iron-catalyzed arylmagnesiation of aryl(alkyl)acetylenes in the presence of an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand

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Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1045-1048

  Yamagami, Takafumi ^a   Shintani, Ryo ^a   Shirakawa, Eiji ^a   Hayashi, Tamio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33947589022     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol063132r     Document Type: Article

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