On the mechanism of N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed reactions involving acyl azoliums

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 696-707

  Mahatthananchai, Jessada ^a   Bode, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84894254223     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar400239v     Document Type: Article

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