Algar-Flynn-Olyamada (AFO) Reaction

J. Algar and J. P. Flynn, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 42B, I (1934)
B. Oyamada, J. Chem. Soc. Japan 55, 1256 (1934)
Murakami, Irie, Proc. Imp. Acad. Japan 11, 229 (1935)
Geissmann, Fukushima, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 70, 1686 (1948)
Venkataraman in Zechmeister, Progress In the Chemistry of Organic Narural Products vo1. 17, p2 (1959)
Review: Wheeler Recor, Chem. Progr. 18, 133 (1957).

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