Diazo preparation via dehydrogenation of hydrazones with "activated" DMSO

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1789-1792

  Javed, Muhammad I ^a   Brewer, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO COMPOUND; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GAS;

AZO COMPOUNDS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GASES; HYDRAZONES; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 34248399249     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol070515w     Document Type: Article

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