Transition-metal-free coupling reactions of aryl halides

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-134

  Shirakawa, Eiji ^a   Hayashi, Tamio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84856539505     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2012.130     Document Type: Review

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