Cu I-catalyzed alkyne-azide "click" cycloadditions from a mechanistic and synthetic perspective

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-68

  Bock, Victoria D ^a   Hiemstra, Henk ^a   Van Maarseveen, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Azides; Click chemistry; Cycloaddition; Heterocycles; Molecular diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867726453     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500483     Document Type: Article

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