Highly efficient and catalytic conversion of aldoximes to nitriles

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 26, 2001, Pages 4209-4211

  Yang, Soon Ha ^a   Chang, Sukbok ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0000555841     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0168768     Document Type: Article

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