Scavenging of fluorinated N,N′-dialkylureas by hydrogen binding: A novel separation method for fluorous synthesis

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 2361-2364

  Palomo, Claudio ^a   Aizpurua, Jesus M ^a   Loinaz, Iraida ^a   Fernandez Berridi, Maria Jose ^a   Irusta, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTER; FLUOROCARBON; PEPTIDE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ESTERS; FLUOROCARBONS; PEPTIDES; UREA;

EID: 0035954899     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol016165+     Document Type: Article

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