One hundred years of benzotropone chemistry

Scholarly Works

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• Huang, L.; Wang, Y.; Liu, X.; Tian, S.-K. Convenient synthesis of thiolated 2,7-disubstituted tropones via double C-N bond cleavage of tropinone derivatives. Organic & biomolecular chemistry 2023, 21, 9321–9325. doi:10.1039/d3ob01835k
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