Recent Advances in Synthetic Transformations Mediated by Cerium(IV) Ammonium Nitrate

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-30

  Nair, Vijay ^a   Balagopal, Lakshmi ^a   Rajan, Roshini ^a   Mathew, Jessy ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; AMINOTETRALIN DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; ANION; CARBON; CATION; CERIC AMMONIUM NITRATE; CERIUM; DIHYDROFURAN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; OXIDIZING AGENT; RADICAL; TETRAHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVE; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FURANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES;

EID: 1242289063     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar030002z     Document Type: Article

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