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Application of Elemental Lanthanides in the Selective C-F Activation of Trifluoromethylated Benzofulvenes Providing Access to Various Difluoroalkenes
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Catalytic activation of carbon-fluorine bonds by a soluble transition metal complex

M Aizenberg, D Milstein

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |July 15, 1994
    PubMed

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