The first preparation of episulfones from episulfides: Oxidation using Oxone®/trifluoroacetone

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 33, 1997, Pages 5873-5876

  Johnson, Paul ^a   Taylor, Richard J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPISULFIDE; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030857796     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)01307-5     Document Type: Article

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