Quinoidal tetrazines: Formation of a fascinating compound class

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3437-3439

  Bostai, Beatrix ^a   Nováky, Zoltán ^a   Bényei, Attila C ^b   Kotschy, András ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

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EID: 34548191770     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol701442h     Document Type: Article

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