Photocatalytic Decarboxylative [3 + 2] and [4 + 2] Annulation of Enynals and γ,σ-Unsaturated N-(Acyloxy)phthalimides

Xiao-Jie Liu1,2, Sheng-Yun Zhou1,2, Yuting Xiao1,2

  • 1Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutant Control and Resource Recycling, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China.

Organic Letters
|September 28, 2021
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