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Skeletal editing of C(sp3)–C(sp3) bonds via photoinduced oxidative oxygen migration

Photochemical oxygen atom migration into carbon–carbon bonds enables the efficient synthesis of ethers from alcohol motifs.

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Fig. 1: Photoinduced oxygen migration into carbon–carbon bond of alcohols.

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Bansode, A.H., Parasram, M. Skeletal editing of C(sp3)–C(sp3) bonds via photoinduced oxidative oxygen migration. Nat. Synth (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-025-00950-0

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