Remote C-H activation of phenyl-substituted alkenes by BH3·THF: Mechanism and applications

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2395-2398

  Varela, Jesús A ^a   Peña, Diego ^a   Goldfuss, Bernd ^a,b   Polborn, Kurt ^a   Knochel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84962355551     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol016215a     Document Type: Article

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