Niobium-catalyzed activation of CF3 group on alkene: Synthesis of substituted indenes

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 867-869

  Fuchibe, Kohei ^a,b   Atobe, Kohei ^a   Fujita, Yukari ^a   Mori, Keiji ^a   Akiyama, Takahiko ^a  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 77954772936     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2010.867     Document Type: Article

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