In situ-generated zinc bromide-catalyzed α-bromination of alkanones in water

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2877-2881

  Juneja, Satinder K ^a   Choudhary, Deepak ^a   Paul, Satya ^a   Gupta, Rajive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

, dibromination; bromination; Alkanones; Water; Zinc bromide; Zinc dust

Indexed keywords

ALKANONE; BROMINE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DIOXANE; SOLVENT; WATER; ZINC BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33750060044     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910600770714     Document Type: Article

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