One-pot etherification of ketones and aldehydes with organic halides using sodium hydride as a reductant

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1708-1717

  Meng, Qingwei ^a   Gong, Bin ^a   Hui, Chuang ^a   Gao, Zhanxian ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aldehyde; Etherification; Ketone; one pot; Sodium hydride

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; REDUCING AGENT; SODIUM HYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ETHERIFICATION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 67650069197     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802579178     Document Type: Article

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