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Homolytic substitution at phosphorus for C-P bond formation in organic synthesis

Hideki Yorimitsu1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan ; ACT-C, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
|July 12, 2013
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Keywords:
additionfree radicalhomolysisphosphineradicalsubstitution

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