Thermal decomposition of tert-butyl o-(phenoxy)- and o-(anilino)-phenyliminoxyperacetates

Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkin Transactions 1

Volumn , Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1813-1824

  Calestani, Gianluca ^a   Leardini, Rino ^b   McNab, Hamish ^c   Nanni, Daniele ^b   Zanardi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748632698     PISSN: 0300922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a800868j     Document Type: Article

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