An efficient method for demethylation of aryl methyl ethers

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 4054-4056

  Zuo, Li ^a   Yao, Shanyan ^a   Wang, Wei ^b,c   Duan, Wenhu ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl methyl ether; Demethylation; Hydrogen iodide; Iodocyclohexane

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIMETHOXY 4 METHYLPHTHALIDE; ARYL METHYL ETHER; CYCLOHEXANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; IODOCYCLOHEXANE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEMETHYLATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 43649096433     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.04.070     Document Type: Article

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