Singlet Oxygen as a Reagent in Organic Synthesis

Handbook of Synthetic Photochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 353-386

  Zamadar, Matibur ^a   Greer, Alexander ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisperoxides; Dioxetanes; Endoperoxides; Hydroperoxides; Photooxidation; Singlet oxygen

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954405778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628193.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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