Facile and scalable synthesis of the fused-ring heterocycles thieno[3,2-b]thiophene and thieno[3,2-b]furan

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3144-3147

  Henssler, John T ^a   Matzger, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 67650330047     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9010745     Document Type: Article

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