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Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 25-31

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200274010025

Toward the ideal synthesis. New transition metal-catalyzed reactions inspired by novel medicinal leads

Paul A. Wender, F. Christopher Bi, Gabriel G. Gamber, Francis Gosselin, Robert D. Hubbard, Marc J. C. Scanio, Robert Sun, Travis J. Williams and Lei Zhang

Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

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