A cascade palladium-mediated cross-coupling/electrocyclization approach to the construction of fused Bi- and tricyclic rings

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2323-2326

  Kan, S B Jennifer ^a,b   Anderson, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56349086054     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8007952     Document Type: Article

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