Iridium-catalyzed α-alkylation of acetonitrile with primary and secondary alcohols

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1055-1057

  Sawaguchi, Takuya ^a   Obora, Yasushi ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 80052564190     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2011.1055     Document Type: Article

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