Lewis acid catalyzed diels - alder reactions of 1,2-naphthoquinones

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4958-4960

  Gelman, Danny M ^a   Forsyth, Craig M ^a   Perlmutter, Patrick ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 70350666644     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9021047     Document Type: Article

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