A new efficient catalytic system for the chemoselective cobalt-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl grignard reagents with primary and secondary alkyl bromides

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-280

  Cahiez, Gérard ^a   Chaboche, Christophe ^a   Duplais, Christophe ^a   Moyeux, Alban ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 62149122121     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol802362e     Document Type: Article

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