Synthesis and anticancer activity of bis(2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl) selenides and diselenides: the copper-catalyzed tandem C–H selenation of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine with selenium

Mio Matsumura, Tsutomu Takahashi, Hikari Yamauchi, Shunsuke Sakuma, Yukako Hayashi, Tadashi Hyodo, Tohru Obata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Fujiwara and Shuji Yasuike
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1075–1083. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.94

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Synthesis and anticancer activity of bis(2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl) selenides and diselenides: the copper-catalyzed tandem C–H selenation of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine with selenium
Mio Matsumura, Tsutomu Takahashi, Hikari Yamauchi, Shunsuke Sakuma, Yukako Hayashi, Tadashi Hyodo, Tohru Obata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Yasuyuki Fujiwara and Shuji Yasuike
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1075–1083. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.94

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Matsumura, M.; Takahashi, T.; Yamauchi, H.; Sakuma, S.; Hayashi, Y.; Hyodo, T.; Obata, T.; Yamaguchi, K.; Fujiwara, Y.; Yasuike, S. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1075–1083. doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.94

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