A generic approach for the catalytic reduction of nitriles

Tetrahedron

Volumn 59, Issue 29, 2003, Pages 5417-5423

  Caddick, Stephen ^a   Judd, Duncan B ^b   Lewis, Alexandra K De K ^a   Reich, Melanie T ^a   Williams, Meredith R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalytic; Nickel boride; Nitriles; Reduction

Indexed keywords

AMINE; NICKEL; NICKEL CHLORIDE; NITRILE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

EID: 0038721888     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(03)00858-5     Document Type: Article

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