S-alkylation of thiacalixarenes: A long-neglected possibility in the calixarene family

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4032-4035

  Kundrat, Ondrej ^a   Eigner, Vaclav ^a   Dvorakova, Hana ^a   Lhotak, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 79961091173     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol201546y     Document Type: Article

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