Copper-mediated oxidative cyclization of heterocyclically substituted aldimines

Heterocycles

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1811-1825

  Pufky Heinrich, Daniela ^a   Ciesielski, Michael ^b   Gharnati, Loubna ^b   Walter, Olaf ^b   Doering, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 79751482582     PISSN: 03855414     EISSN: 18810942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3987/COM-10-11966     Document Type: Article

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