Zinc chloride as an efficient catalyst for chemoselective dimethyl acetalization

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 590-595

  Roy, Anupam ^a   Rahman, Matiur ^a   Das, Sudarshan ^a   Kundu, Dhiman ^a   Kundu, Shrishnu Kumar ^a   Majee, Adinath ^a   Hajra, Alakananda ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbonyl compound; Chemoselectivity; Dimethyl acetalization; Trimethyl orthoformate; Zinc chloride

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ACETALIZATION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 61849149871     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802412859     Document Type: Article

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