Beyond Directed ortho Metalation: Ruthenium-Catalyzed Amide-Directed CAr-OMe Activation/Cross-Coupling Reaction of Naphthamides with Aryl Boronates

Organic Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 4674-4677

  Zhao, Yigang ^a   Snieckus, Victor ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84942916134     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b01913     Document Type: Article

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