Reducing properties of 1,2-diaryl-1,2-disodiumethanes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1055-1058

  Azzena, Ugo ^a   Pittalis, Mario ^a   Dettori, Giovanna ^a   Madeddu, Simona ^a   Azara, Emanuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkali metals; Dicarbanions; Elimination; Reduction

Indexed keywords

1 PHENYL 2 (2 PYRIDYL) 1,2 DISODIUMETHANE; 1,2 DIPHENYL 2 (2 PYRIDYL) 1,2 DISODIUMETHANE; ALCOHOL; ALKENE; AMIDE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; METHANE; REDUCING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEHALOGENATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 30544447839     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.12.054     Document Type: Article

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