Electrophilic activation of aldehydes "on water": A facile route to dipyrromethanes

ChemSusChem

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-220

  Zoli, Luca ^a   Cozzi, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Heterocycles; Nitrogen; Nucleophilic addition

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; DIPYRROMETHANE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; BENZALDEHYDES; PYRROLES; WATER;

EID: 67649827370     PISSN: 18645631     EISSN: 1864564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.200900023     Document Type: Article

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