Mild and Efficient Flavin-Catalyzed H2O2 Oxidation of Tertiar Amines to Amine N-Oxides

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 6650-6655

  Bergstad, Katarina ^a   Bäckvall, Jan E ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 1542501014     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo980926d     Document Type: Article

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