Exploration of Visible-Light Photocatalysis in Heterocycle Synthesis and Functionalization: Reaction Design and beyond

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1911-1923

  Chen, Jia Rong ^a   Hu, Xiao Qiang ^a   Lu, Liang Qiu ^a   Xiao, Wen Jing ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84988526176     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00254     Document Type: Article

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