Radical Azidonation of Aldehydes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 9453-9455

  Marinescu, Lavinia ^a   Thinggaard, Jacob ^a   Thomsen, Ib B ^a   Bols, Mikael ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADICAL MECHANISM;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; AZIDE; IODINE DERIVATIVE; IODOAZIDE; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0345254934     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo035163v     Document Type: Article

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