Manganese (II) catalysed hunsdiecker reaction: A facile entry to α -(dibromomethyl) benzenemethanol

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2623-2624

  Chowdhury, Shantanu ^a   Roy, Sujit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029939236     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(96)00343-7     Document Type: Article

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