The combined C-H functionalization/cope rearrangement: Discovery and applications in organic synthesis

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 923-935

  Davies, Huw M L ^a   Lian, Yajing ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DIRHODIUM TETRACARBOXYLATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RHODIUM;

EID: 84863470194     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300013t     Document Type: Article

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