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From Anilines to Aryl Ethers: A Facile, Efficient, and Versatile Synthetic Method Employing Mild Conditions

Dong-Yu Wang1,2, Ze-Kun Yang3,4, Chao Wang3,4

  • 1CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research and the State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China.

Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|February 13, 2018
PubMed

Keywords:
C−N cleavageC−O formationaminesetherslate-stage functionalization

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