(2-Nitrophenyl)acetyl: A new, selectively removable hydroxyl protecting group

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2076-2079

  Daragics, Katalin ^a   Fügedi, Péter ^a  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

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EID: 77951862701     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100562f     Document Type: Article

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