A highly efficient, mild, and selective cleavage of β-methoxyethoxymethyl (MEM) ethers by cerium(III) chloride in acetonitrile

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1149-1151

  Sabitha, Gowravaram ^a   Babu, R Satheesh ^a   Rajkumar, M ^a   Srividya, R ^a   Yadav, J S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; CERIUM; CERIUM CHLORIDE; ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ACETONITRILES; CERIUM; ETHERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035912315     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol015585w     Document Type: Article

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