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Rh(III) -catalyzed C-H activation: a versatile route towards various polycyclic pyridinium salts

Ching-Zong Luo1, Parthasarathy Gandeepan, Jayachandran Jayakumar

  • 1Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013 (Taiwan), Fax: (+86) 3572-4698.

Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|September 17, 2013
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Keywords:
CH activationalkynesfluorescencepyridinium saltsrhodium

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