Iodohydrins: An easy route to epoxides from alkenes

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-572

  Sanseverino, Antonio Manzolillo ^a   De Mattos, Marcio C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; DIOXANE; EPOXIDE; ETHER; IODINE DERIVATIVE; PENTANE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0012057235     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397919808005111     Document Type: Article

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