The oxime portmanteau motif: Released heteroradicals undergo incisive EPR interrogation and deliver diverse heterocycles

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1406-1416

  Walton, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84898843686     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar500017f     Document Type: Article

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