Selective apical bromination of diamantane and conversion to the dihydroxy and dicarboxylic acid derivatives

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 3509-3514

  Davis, Matthew C ^a   Liu, Shenggao ^b  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b Chevron Technology Ventures LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromination; Diamantane; Dibromide; Dicarboxylic acid; Dihydroxy; Iron; Koch Haaf

Indexed keywords

DICARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYACID;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 33845613086     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910600943428     Document Type: Article

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