Oxidation of benzoins to benzils using bismuth(III) nitrate-copper(II) acetate

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 43, 1999, Pages 7657-7659

  Tymonko, Steven A ^a   Nattier, Bryce A ^a   Mohan, Ram S ^a  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismuth; Bismuth compounds; Copper; Copper compounds; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

BENZOIN; BISMUTH; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; COPPER; COPPER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; OXIDATION;

EID: 0033595849     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01583-X     Document Type: Article

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