Titanium dioxide as a mild and efficient catalyst for conversion of epoxides to thiiranes

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2823-2827

  Yadollahi, Bahram ^a   Tangestaninejad, Shahram ^b   Habibi, Mohammad Hossein ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ammonium thiocyanate; Catalysis; Epoxide; Thiirane; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; EPOXIDE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIIRANE DERIVATIVE; THIOCYANATE AMMONIUM; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 4444347330     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SCC-200026239     Document Type: Article

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