Highly electron-donating 3,3′-diaryl-1,1′-bi(isobenzofuran)s synthesized by photochemical exocyclic [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition

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Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3591-3594

  Zhang, Hongyu ^a   Wakamiya, Atsushi ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigehiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; ELECTRON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BENZOFURANS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIZATION; ELECTRONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 54049121495     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol801358c     Document Type: Article

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