Recent advances in palladium-catalysed organic synthesis using water as solvent
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E-mail addresses: lierqing@zzu.edu.cn (E.-Q. Li), linlinshi@zzu.edu.cn (L. Shi).
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Kai Wang, Zhongwei Ye, Er-Qing Li, Linlin Shi. Recent advances in palladium-catalysed organic synthesis using water as solvent[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters,
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10.1016/j.cclet.2025.112203
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