The pyrolysis of (-)-(S)-nicotine: Racemization and decomposition

Chirality

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 442-446

  Clayton, Peter ^a   Lu, Annhelen ^a   Bishop, Louise ^a  

^a BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

nicotyrine; ( ) (S) nicotine; Nicotine enantiomers; Oxidative pyrolysis; Pyrolysis; Racemization; Thermal decomposition

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; ENANTIOMER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RACEMIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NICOTINE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PYRIDINES; SMOKE; STEREOISOMERISM; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO;

EID: 77950405133     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20760     Document Type: Article

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