The surprisingly facile thermal dehalogenation of chlorinated aromatics by a hydroaromatic donor solvent. Tautomerization of chlorinated phenols and anilines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4247-4257

  Mulder, Peter ^a   Arends, Isabel W C E ^a   Santoro, Danilo ^a   Korth, Hans Gert ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REVERSE RADICAL DISPROPORTIONATION (RRD);

BENZENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENOLS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENTS;

DEHALOGENATION;

4 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHOL; 4 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHYLAMINE; 9,10 DIHYDROANTHRACENE; AMINE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROANILINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHENOL; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL GROUP; IMINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; ISOMERISM; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0038779451     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0265885     Document Type: Article

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