The use of a continuous flow-reactor employing a mixed hydrogen-liquid flow stream for the efficient reduction of imines to amines

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2909-2911

  Saaby, Steen ^a   Knudsen, Kristian Rahbek ^a   Ladlow, Mark ^a   Ley, Steven V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; HYDROGEN; IMINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTOR; REDUCTION;

EID: 21444450169     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b504854k     Document Type: Article

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