Multilevel selectivity in the mild and high-yielding chlorosilane- induced cleavage of carbamates to isocyanates

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 8515-8521

  Chong, Pek Y ^a   Janicki, Slawomir Z ^a   Petillo, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID; ISOCYANATE; SILANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032514855     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo981816+     Document Type: Article

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