Combination of lithium chloride and hexafluoroisopropanol for friedel-crafts reactions

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages 577-580

  Willot, Matthieu ^a   Chen, JinChun ^a   Zhu, Jieping ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Br nsted acid; Friedel Crafts reaction; Glyoxylate; Hexafluoroisopropanol; Lewis acid; Lithium chloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349117827     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: 14372096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087566     Document Type: Article

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