Imidazole-catalyzed henry reactions in aqueous medium

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3068-3073

  Phukan, Mridula ^a   Jyoti Borah, Kalyan ^a   Borah, Ruli ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aqueous medium; Henry reaction; Imidazole; Nitroalkane

Indexed keywords

2 NITROALKANOL DERIVATIVE; ACETONITRILE; ALDEHYDE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIOXANE; FUNGICIDE; IMIDAZOLE; LEWIS ACID; METHANOL; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEHYDRATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 51649125725     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802045592     Document Type: Article

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