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Title: Expanding the chemical space of enol silyl ethers: catalytic dicarbofunctionalization enabled by iron catalysis

Herein, we report the dicarbofunctionalization of enol silyl ethersviaan Fe-catalyzed decoupled cross-coupling of (fluoro)alkyl halides, and enol silyl ethers.

 
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Award ID(s):
2246853
NSF-PAR ID:
10497955
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Chemical Science
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Chemical Science
Volume:
14
Issue:
45
ISSN:
2041-6520
Page Range / eLocation ID:
13007 to 13013
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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