Expeditious method for synthesis of symmetrical 1,3-disubstituted ureas and thioureas

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1663-1674

  Perveen, Shahnaz ^a   Abdul Hai, Syed M ^a   Khan, Rashid A ^a   Khan, Khalid Mohammed ^b   Afza, Nighat ^a   Sarfaraz, Tahira B ^a  

^a PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

1,3 Disubstituted ureas; Diisocynates; Isocyanates; Tertiary amines; Thioisocyanates

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIALLYLUREA; 1,3 DIBENZYLTHIOUREA; 1,3 DIBENZYLUREA; 1,3 DIETHYLTHIOUREA; 1,3 DIETHYLUREA; 2,6 DIMETHYLPYRIDINE; AMINE; CARBANILIDE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE; THIOCARBANILIDE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; TRIETHYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 21044454077     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SCC-200061656     Document Type: Article

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