Diethyl bromodifluoromethylphosphonate: a highly efficient and environmentally benign difluorocarbene precursor

Tetrahedron

Volumn 65, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 5278-5283

  Zafrani, Yossi ^a   Sod Moriah, Gali ^a   Segall, Yoffi ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diethyl bromodifluoromethylphosphonate; Difluorocarbene; Difluoromethylation

Indexed keywords

CARBENOID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DIETHYL BROMODIFLUOROMETHYLPHOSPHONATE; DIFLUOROCARBENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOESTER; THIOPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HYDROLYSIS; METHYLATION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 66149151773     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.04.082     Document Type: Article

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