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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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Novel Synthesis of Optically Active 2‐Ethylhexanoic Acid, 2‐Ethylhexanol, and 2‐Ethylhexylamine via the Asymmetric Favorskii Rearrangement

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Pages 259-264 | Received 30 May 2005, Published online: 19 Aug 2006

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