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Microwave-assisted Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Diels-Alder Reactions for the Synthesis of Functionalized Naphthalenes/Solvatochromic Dyes
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Microwave-assisted Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Diels-Alder Reactions for the Synthesis of Functionalized Naphthalenes/Solvatochromic Dyes

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Photodecomposition of DDA

G W Ware, D G Crosby, J W Giles

    Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
    |January 1, 1980
    PubMed

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