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Title: Oxidative phenol-arene and phenol-phenol cross-coupling using periodic acid
Award ID(s):
1710174 1726724
NSF-PAR ID:
10095106
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Tetrahedron
Volume:
75
Issue:
13
ISSN:
0040-4020
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2004 to 2011
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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