Synthetic Utilization of α-Aminoalkyl Radicals and Related Species in Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1946-1956

  Nakajima, Kazunari ^a   Miyake, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Nishibayashi, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84988473958     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00251     Document Type: Article

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