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Visible-Light-Catalyzed Tandem Radical Addition/1,5-Hydrogen Atom Transfer/Cyclization of 2-Alkynylarylethers with

Long Li1, Jiao-Zhe Li1, Yong-Bin Sun1

  • 1School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Drug Discovery Technology, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China.

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