Chromate oxidation of α-nitro alcohols to α-nitro ketones: Significant improvements to a classic method

Molecules

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1458-1461

  Elmaaty, Tarek Abou ^a   Castle, Lyle W ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromate oxidation; Nitroalcohols; Nitroketones

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CHROMIC ACID; KETONE; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLS; CHROMATES; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 29844450480     PISSN: 14203049     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/10121458     Document Type: Article

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