Cycloadditions with clays and alumina without solvents

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2013-2016

  Avalos, Martín ^a   Babiano, Reyes ^a   Bravo, José L ^a   Cintas, Pedro ^a   Jiménez, José L ^a   Palacios, Juan C ^a   Ranu, Brindaban C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alumina; Cycloaddition; Diels Alder; Montmorillonite; Solid slate reactions

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; CLAY; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0032473907     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00159-2     Document Type: Article

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