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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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A Simple Regioselective Demethylation of p‐Aryl Methyl Ethers Using Aluminum Chloride‐Dichloromethane System

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Pages 15-21 | Received 23 Sep 2004, Published online: 05 Aug 2006

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