Rhenium-Catalyzed Benzannulation of o-Alkynylbenzaldehyde with Alkynes to Multiple 2,3-Disubstituted Naphthalenes

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Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1743-1746

  Umeda, Rui ^a   Kaiba, Kenta ^a   Morishita, Shigeru ^a   Nishiyama, Yutaka ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkynes; Benzannulation; Naphthalenes; Polycycles; Rhenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859822020     PISSN: 18673880     EISSN: 18673899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201100203     Document Type: Article

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