Dimerizing cascades of enallenamides reveal the visible-light-promoted activation of cumulated C–C double bonds

Abstract

The visible-light-promoted activation of conjugated C-C double bonds is well developed while that of cumulated systems is underexplored. We present the feasibility of this challenging approach. The localization of a...

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