A practical variation on the Leuckart reaction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 971-973

  Tournier, Lucie ^a   Zard, Samir Z ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE SYNTHÈSE ORGANIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatic radical; Diazonium salt; Leuckart reaction; Xanthate

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; XANTHIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; LEUCKART REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 12344268872     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.12.042     Document Type: Article

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