ChemInform Abstract: Formal Base‐Free Homolytic Aromatic Substitutions via Photoredox Catalysis.

• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201540104
• Publication Date: 2015-09-17T08:33:32Z
• Authors: Filipe Gomes; Vanessa Narbonne; Florent Blanchard; Giovanni Maestri; Max Malacria
• Keywords: [CHIM.ORGA]Chemical Sciences/Organic chemistry; photoredox - catalysis - biaryls - radical chemistry - SET - HAS; 540; [CHIM.ORGA] Chemical Sciences/Organic chemistry; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

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