Aromatic ortho-benzylation reveals an unexpected reductant

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5095-5097

  Martins, Andrew ^a   Lautens, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL CHLORIDE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; IODIDE; REDUCING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HALOGENATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

BENZYL COMPOUNDS; HALOGENATION; IODIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REDUCING AGENTS;

EID: 58149154561     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol802185x     Document Type: Article

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