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Senapati, B. and Mal, D. (2015) Synthetic Studies of Naphtho[2,3-b]furan Moiety Present in Diverse Bioactive Natural Products.
International Journal of Organic Chemistry,
5, 63-74. doi:
10.4236/ijoc.2015.52008.
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