Benzazetidine synthesis via palladium-catalysed intramolecular C-H amination

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1131-1136

  He, Gang ^a   Lu, Gang ^b   Guo, Zhengwei ^a   Liu, Peng ^b   Chen, Gong ^a,c  

^a Tianjin Engineering Center of Micro Nano Biomaterials and Detection Treatment Technology   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84996503633     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2585     Document Type: Article

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