From tars to products: How to disentangle the reactions of nitrobenzenes with nucleophiles

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 958-968

  Paradisi, Cristina ^a,b   Scorrano, Gianfranco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; TAR;

COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DECHLORINATION; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0032699362     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980015q     Document Type: Review

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