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Title: An Oxygen- peri -Bridged Quinolinium Cation and Its Monoradical Counterpart: An Oxygen- peri -Bridged Quinolinium Cation and Its Monoradical Counterpart
NSF-PAR ID:
10030756
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume:
2017
Issue:
11
ISSN:
1434-193X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1407 to 1412
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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