Novel atom-economic nitration of benzene with a nitrogen dioxide-oxygen system using cocatalyst of solid oxides and lanthanide(III) metal triflates

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3741-3749

  Du, Xiaohua ^a   Li, Xiaoqing ^a   Xu, Zhenyuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzene; Lanthanide(III) metal triflate; Nitration; Nitrogen dioxide; Oxygen; Solid oxides

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; LANTHANIDE; METAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDE; OXYGEN; SAMARIUM; TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; METHODOLOGY; NITRATION; SOLID; THEORY;

EID: 35348969736     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701569502     Document Type: Article

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