Oxidation of alkenes, sulfides, amines, and phosphines with peroxynitrous acid: Comparison with other oxidants such as peroxyformic acid and dimethyldioxirane

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 775-783

  Bach, Robert D ^a   Glukhovtsev, Mikhail N ^a   Canepa, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; AMINE; DIMETHYLDIOXIRANE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PEROXYFORMIC ACID; PEROXYNITRITE; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EPOXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

EID: 0032481334     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja972518h     Document Type: Article

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