Rapid and catalyst-free α-halogenation of ketones using N-halosuccinamides in DMSO

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 4149-4156

  Sreedhar, B ^a   Reddy, P Surendra ^a   Madhavi, M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

halogenation; Carbonyl compounds; Catalyst free conditions; NBS; NCS; NIS

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORINATION; HALOGENATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 37049026458     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701574908     Document Type: Article

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