Photochemical activation of pincer-ligated phosphoranides: mechanistic insight for reduction of aryl halides.
Escoudé, Emile; Pedrón, Manuel; Bourqui, Lilian; Gontard, Geoffrey; Vitale, Maxime R.; Ciofini, Ilaria; Lakhdar, Sami; Grimaud, Laurence; Chemical science 17 (2026) 579–584; doi:10.1039/d5sc06960b

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 Photochemical activation of pincer-ligated phosphoranides: mechanistic
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