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Dearomative di- and trifunctionalization of aryl sulfoxides via [5,5]-rearrangement

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Dearomative Ring‐Fused Azafulleroids and Carbazole‐Derived Metallofullerenes: Reactivity Dictated by Encapsulation in a Fullerene Cage

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A Phosphine-Mediated Dearomative Skeletal Rearrangement of Dianiline Squaraine Dyes

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