Novel Cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate induced dimerization of methoxystyrenes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2191-2194

  Nair, Vijay ^a   Mathew, Jessy ^a   Kanakamma, Puthuparampil P ^a   Panicker, Sreeletha B ^a   Sheeba, V ^a   Zeena, S ^a   Eigendorf, Guenter K ^b  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CERIUM NITRATE; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIMERIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031585069     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00279-7     Document Type: Article

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