Formic acid oxidatively cleaves 1,2,3,4-tetraaryl-2-butene-1,4-diones to 1,2-diaryl-1,2-ethanediones under microwave irradiation

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 4495-4497

  Rao, H Surya Prakash ^a   Jothilingam, S ^a   Vasantham, K ^a   Scheeren, Hans W ^b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benzil; Diaroylstilbene; Formic acid; Microwave; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

1,2 ETHANEDIONE DERIVATIVE; 2 BUTENE 1,4 DIONE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; BUTANE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FORMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OXIDATION KINETICS; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249288958     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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