Reductive coupling of aromatic dialkyl acetals using the combination of zinc and chlorotrimethylsilane in the presence of potassium carbonate

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1418-1419

  Hatano, Bunpei ^a   Nagahashi, Keita ^a   Habaue, Shigeki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 38149023265     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2007.1418     Document Type: Article

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