Atom-economical chemoselective synthesis of 1,4-diynes and polysubstituted furans/pyrroles from propargyl alcohols and terminal alkynes

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3324-3327

  Wang, Tao ^a   Chen, Xin Liang ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Zhan, Zhuang Ping ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 79959732251     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol201054z     Document Type: Article

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