Selective synthesis of β-hydroxy nitroethanol ethers by alcoholysis of oxiranes

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3589-3598

  Gras, Jean Louis ^a   Daoubi, Mourad ^a   Collado, Isidro G ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcoholysis; Nitroethanol ethers; Oxiranes; TCNE

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; MONTMORILLONITE;

ALCOHOLYSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CLAY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 35148871405     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701557606     Document Type: Article

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