Fluoroform: An efficient precursor for the trifluoromethylation of aldehydes

Tetrahedron

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-283

  Folléas, Benoît ^a   Marek, Ilan ^b   Normant, Jean F ^a   Saint Jalmes, Laurent ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Rhodia Europe   (France)

Author keywords

Fluoroform; Trifluoromethylation

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; FLUOROFORM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343048990     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00951-5     Document Type: Article

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