Oxone as a mild, inexpensive, and environmentally benign oxidant for the α-thiocyanation of ketones

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2089-2095

  Anil Kumar, M ^a   Reddy, K R Kishore Kumar ^a   Reddy, M Veeranarayana ^a   Reddy, C Suresh ^a   Reddy, C Devendranath ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonium thiocyanate; Carbonyl compounds; Oxone; Thiocyanation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; KETONE; OXIDIZING AGENT; SODIUM PEROXIDE; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; SAFETY;

EID: 46749100569     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802029349     Document Type: Article

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