Direct aerobic photo-oxidative synthesis of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics via dimethyl acetals

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3645-3647

  Hirashima, Shin Ichi ^a   Nobuta, Tomoya ^a   Tada, Norihiro ^a   Miura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Itoh, Akichika ^a  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHOXYETHANE; 1,1-DIMETHOXYETHANE; ACETAL DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTER; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ACETALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 77955671974     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol1014575     Document Type: Article

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