Green oxidation of methylarenes to benzoic acids with bromide/bromate in water

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2922-2929

  Patil, Rajendra D ^a   Bhadra, Sukalyan ^b   Adimurthy, Subbarayappa ^a   Ranu, Brindaban C ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Benzoic acids; bromide bromate; methylarenes; oxidation

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; BROMATE; BROMIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 77956210304     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910903340678     Document Type: Article

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