Efficient Synthesis of β-Hydroxy Sulfides and β-Hydroxy Sulfoxides Catalyzed by Cu/MgO Under Solvent-Free Conditions

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• Part 170 in the series “Studies on Novel Synthetic Methodologies.”
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