Photocatalytic formation of carbon–sulfur bonds

Alexander Wimmer and Burkhard König
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.14.4

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Photocatalytic formation of carbon–sulfur bonds
Alexander Wimmer and Burkhard König
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.14.4

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Wimmer, A.; König, B. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83. doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.4

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