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Template synthesis of benzannulated N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

F Ekkehardt Hahn1, Volker Langenhahn, Nicole Meier

  • 1Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 8, 48149 Münster, Germany. fehahn@uni-muenster.de

Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|February 6, 2003
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