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Sulfur is More Than the Fat Brother of Oxygen. An Overview of Organosulfur Chemistry

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Sulfur-Mediated Rearrangements I

Part of the book series: Topics in Current Chemistry ((TOPCURRCHEM,volume 274))

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A survey of the structure and synthetic applications of organosulfur compounds is given. The emphasis is on the key features of organosulfur chemistry.

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Schaumann, E. (2007). Sulfur is More Than the Fat Brother of Oxygen. An Overview of Organosulfur Chemistry. In: Schaumann, E. (eds) Sulfur-Mediated Rearrangements I. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 274. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2006_105

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