A multitasking functional group leads to structural diversity using designer C-H activation reaction cascades

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chen, Ying ^a,b   Wang, Dongqi ^b   Duan, Pingping ^b   Ben, Rong ^a,b   Dai, Lu ^b   Shao, Xiaoru ^b   Hong, Mei ^b   Zhao, Jing ^a,b   Huang, Yong ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; HYDROGEN;

CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDING; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDANT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; DERIVATIZATION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907351855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5610     Document Type: Article

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