The mercury-mediated decarboxylation (Pesci reaction) of naphthoic anhydrides investigated by microwave synthesis

Tetrahedron

Volumn 62, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4690-4697

  Moseley, Jonathan D ^a   Gilday, John P ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decarboxylation; Mercury; Microwave; Naphthoic anhydride

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; MERCURY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECARBOXYLATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33646487802     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2005.12.064     Document Type: Article

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