Melamine trisulfonic acid (MTSA): A new efficient catalyst for the chemoselective methoxymethylation of alcohols

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 910-914

  Shirini, Farhad ^a   Zolfigol, Mohammad Ali ^b   Albadi, Jalal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Heterogeneous reaction conditions; Melamine; Melamine trisulfonic acid; Methoxymethylation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; MELAMINE TRISULFONIC ACID; METHANE; METHYLAL; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS;

EID: 77249147086     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903026707     Document Type: Article

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