Flash-photolytic generation of dienols and dienolates from α,β-unsaturated esters and kinetics of their amine-catalyzed ketonization in nonaqueous media

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 426-431

  Hénin, Françoise ^a   Létinois, Stéphane ^a   Muzart, Jacques ^a   Wirz, Jakob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AMINE; AMINOALCOHOL; DIENESTROL; DIENOLATE DERIVATIVE; ESTER; HEXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAUTOMERIC SHIFT;

EID: 33744466567     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b601749e     Document Type: Article

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