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Simple and Practical Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols Catalyzed by a (μ-Oxo)tetraruthenium Cluster
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Poly Ethylene Glycols as Efficient Media for the Synthesis of β-Nitro Styrenes from α, β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids and Metal Nitrates under Conventional and Non-Conventional Conditions
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Phase-Transfer-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroaryloxylation and Hydroamination of C≡C Triple Bonds: An Efficient Synthesis of Benzo[b]furan and 3-Methyleneisoindoline-1-one Derivatives
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An environmentally Benign Synthesis of 2-Cyanomethyl-4-Phenylthiazoles under FocusedMicrowave Irradiation
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