Control of adjacent S(Ⅳ) and spiro stereocenters via Pd-catalyzed asymmetric (3+2) cyclization
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E-mail addresses: rsu.chem@gmail.com (K.N. Gavrilov), luliangqiu@ccnu.edu.cn (L.-Q. Lu).
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Fen-Ya Xiong, Su-Rui Pan, Bao-Cheng Wang, Yu-Jie Li, Konstantin Nikolaevich Gavrilov, Wen-Jing Xiao, Liang-Qiu Lu. Control of adjacent S(Ⅳ) and spiro stereocenters via Pd-catalyzed asymmetric (3+2) cyclization[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters,
;2026, 37(12): 112446.
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10.1016/j.cclet.2026.112446
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