Oxyfunctionalization of calixarene quinone rings

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1393-1396

  Troisi, Francesco ^a   Citro, Lucia ^a   Gaeta, Carmine ^a   Gavuzzo, Enrico ^b   Neri, Placido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Cristallografia   (Italy)

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EID: 59849087064     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol800090u     Document Type: Article

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