Iridium-Catalyzed Selective Isomerization of Primary Allylic Alcohols

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1232-1241

  Li, Houhua ^a   Mazet, Clément ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84975801297     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00144     Document Type: Article

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