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Title: Stereoselective C-X and regioselective C-H activation to, and selective C(sp)-C(sp) reductive elimination from, platinum compounds with thiophene-derived ligands
Award ID(s):
1665435
NSF-PAR ID:
10186572
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Tetrahedron Letters
Volume:
60
Issue:
43
ISSN:
0040-4039
Page Range / eLocation ID:
151156
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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