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Toward the Generation of 2-Amino-3-Formyl Difunctionalized Chromones via Pd-Enabled Rearrangement Strategy

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An update on the advances in chromone and the derivatives synthesis based on the key chromone annulation of o-hydroxyaryl enaminones

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