A boron-boron coupling reaction between two ethyl cation analogues

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1029-1034

  Litters, Sebastian ^a   Kaifer, Elisabeth ^a   Enders, Markus ^a   Himmel, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84890064552     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1776     Document Type: Article

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