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Science 25 May 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5828, pp. 1131 - 1132
DOI: 10.1126/science.1143373
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Perspectives

CHEMISTRY:
The Direct Approach

Jonathan A. Ellman

Aromatic compounds can be coupled without having to preactivate the reactants. The method is more efficient and generates less waste than other approaches.

The author is in the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. E-mail: jellman{at}berkeley.edu

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