C-H bond oxidation initiated pummerer- And knoevenagel-Type reactions of benzyl sulfide and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 803-805

  Li, Zhiping ^a   Li, Haijun ^a   Guo, Xingwei ^a   Cao, Lin ^a   Yu, Rong ^a   Li, Huanrong ^a   Pan, Shiguang ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 51549110492     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702934k     Document Type: Article

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