Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2009, 74, 1023-1034
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc2009053
Published online 2009-06-26 18:24:49

Bio- and air-tolerant carbon–carbon bond formations via organometallic ruthenium catalysis

Louis Adriaenssens, Lukáš Severa, Jan Vávra, Tereza Šálová, Jakub Hývl, Martina Čížková, Radek Pohl, David Šaman and Filip Teplý*

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

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