Microwave-assisted reduction of carbonyl compounds in solid state using sodium borohydride supported on Alumina

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 4337-4338

  Varma, Rajender S ^a   Saini, Rajesh K ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLID STATE;

EID: 0030945878     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00968-4     Document Type: Article

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