Observations on the α-fluorination of α-phenylsulfanyl esters using difluoroiodotoluene

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 4463-4466

  Greaney, Michael F ^a   Motherwell, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorine and compounds; Halogenation; Hypervalent elements

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYL GROUP; REAGENT; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; SULFOXIDE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORINATION; HALOGENATION;

EID: 0034622030     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)00616-X     Document Type: Article

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