Eco-friendly reductive acetamidation of arylnitro compounds by thioacetate anion through in situ catalytic regeneration: application in the synthesis of Acetaminophen™

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3221-3223

  Bhattacharya, Apurba ^a   Suarez, Victor ^a   Tamez Jr , Victoriano ^a   Wu, Jiejun ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; THIOACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ECOLOGY;

EID: 33645814873     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.03.057     Document Type: Article

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