Chemoselective lithiation of 1-Bromo-n-chloroalkanes

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 23, 2005, Pages 5089-5093

  Foubelo, Francisco ^a   Abou, Abdeslam ^a   Yus, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorohydrins; Diols; Electrophilic substitution 1 Bromo n chloroalkanes; Selective lithiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444459256     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500407     Document Type: Article

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