A mild and efficient synthesis of disecondary phosphines using CsOH: Efforts toward phosphine macrocycles

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-200

  Honaker, Matthew T ^a   Salvatore, Ralph N ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium hydroxide monohydrate; Dialkyl halide; Disecondary phosphine; Phosphine macrocycle; Primary phosphine

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944468173     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570178053202874     Document Type: Review

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