Birch reductions at room temperature with alkali metals in silica gel (Na2K-SG(I))

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5790-5792

  Nandi, Partha ^a   Dye, James L ^a   Jackson, James E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RINGS; BIRCH REDUCTION; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; HIGH SELECTIVITY; REACTION CONDITIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GELATION; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SODIUM;

ALKALINITY;

ALKALI; SILICA GEL;

ARTICLE; BIRCH REDUCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; REDUCTION KINETICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 70349098807     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo900904f     Document Type: Article

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