Palladium-catalyzed multi-acetoxylation of 1,3-disubstituted 1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylates via direct C(sp2)-H or C(sp3)-H bond activation
- Corresponding author: Hong-Wei Liu, hwliu@ecust.edu.cn Ya-Fei Ji, jyf@ecust.edu.cn
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Jun Ding, Ying Guo, Ling-Yan Shao, Fei-Yi Zhao, Dao-Hua Liao, Hong-Wei Liu, Ya-Fei Ji. Palladium-catalyzed multi-acetoxylation of 1,3-disubstituted 1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylates via direct C(sp2)-H or C(sp3)-H bond activation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters,
;2016, 27(10): 1617-1621.
doi:
10.1016/j.cclet.2016.04.007
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