Hydrolytic stabilization of protected p-hydroxybenzyl halides designed as latent quinone methide precursors

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 7988-7995

  Dyer, Robert G ^a   Turnbull, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; HALIDE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROLYSIS; PHOTOLYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032723726     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo991085t     Document Type: Article

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