Copper-catalyzed conjugate additions of alkylboranes to aryl α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 928-930

  Ohmiya, Hirohisa ^a   Shido, Yoshinori ^a   Yoshida, Mika ^a   Sawamura, Masaya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 80052586553     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2011.928     Document Type: Article

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