Contrasting chemoselectivities in the ultrasound and microwave assisted bromination reactions of substituted alkylaromatics with N-bromosuccinimide

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3247-3250

  Heropoulos, Georgios A ^a   Cravotto, Giancarlo ^b   Screttas, Constantinos G ^a   Steele, Barry R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bromination; Microwave; N Bromosuccinimide; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON; N BROMOSUCCINIMIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 34047184163     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.03.023     Document Type: Article

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