Avant-garde metalating agents: Structural basis of alkali-metal-mediated metalation

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 743-755

  Mulvey, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67649238668     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar800254y     Document Type: Article

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