Improved Synthesis of Imidazole-2-carboxaldehyde, Imidazole-2-carboxylic Acid, and Ethyl Imidazole-2-carboxylatet

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1090-1092

  Galeazzi, Eduviges ^a   Guzmán, Angel ^a   Nava, Jose Luis ^a,c   Liu, Yanzhou ^b   Maddox, Michael L ^b   Muchowski, Joseph M ^b  

^a Syntex SA de CV   (Mexico)

^b Syntex Research Institute of Organic Chemistry   (United States)

^c Univ Autónoma de Hidalgo   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDAZOLE 2 CARBOXALDEHYDE; IMIDAZOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; IMIDAZOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0028882254     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo00109a052     Document Type: Article

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