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Efficient Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Benzenes in Water via Persulfate-promoted Benzannulation of α,β-Unsaturated Compounds and Alkynes
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Selective monoterpene-like cyclization reactions achieved by water exclusion from reactive intermediates in a

William M Hart-Cooper1, Kristen N Clary, F Dean Toste

  • 1Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 17, 2012
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