A multistep single-crystal-to-single-crystal bromodiacetylene dimerization

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 327-334

  Hoheisel, Tobias N ^a,b   Schrettl, Stephen ^a   Marty, Roman ^a   Todorova, Tanya K ^a   Corminboeuf, Clémence ^a   Sienkiewicz, Andrzej ^a   Scopelliti, Rosario ^a   Schweizer, W Bernd ^b   Frauenrath, Holger ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84875440323     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1575     Document Type: Article

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