Palladium-catalyzed oxidative rearrangement of diaryl alkenyl carbinols to β,β-diaryl α,β-unsaturated ketones

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3648-3651

  Rosa, David ^a   Orellana, Arturo ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79960174275     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol201177t     Document Type: Article

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