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David Van Craen1, Markus Albrecht2, Gerhard Raabe1

  • 1Institut für Organische Chemie, RWTH Aachen, Landoltweg 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany.

Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
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Diels-Alder reactionhelicateslithiumself-assemblytitanium

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