Synthesis of hydroxyphthioceranic acid using a traceless lithiation-borylation-protodeboronation strategy

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 810-814

  Rasappan, Ramesh ^a   Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BORON; LITHIUM;

CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

BORON; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; LITHIUM;

EID: 84906561285     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2010     Document Type: Article

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