Remote C(sp3)-H Oxygenation of Protonated Aliphatic Amines with Potassium Persulfate

Melissa Lee1, Melanie S Sanford1

  • 1University of Michigan , Department of Chemistry, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States.

Organic Letters
|January 18, 2017
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