Three-Component Assembly of Multiply Substituted Homoallylic Alcohols and Amines Using a Flow Chemistry Photoreactor

Yiding Chen1, David C Blakemore2, Patrick Pasau3

  • 1Department of Chemistry , University of Cambridge , Lensfield Road , Cambridge CB2 1EW , U.K.

Organic Letters
|October 2, 2018
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