Trifluoromethylation of carbonyl compounds

Current Organic Synthesis

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 403-413

  Boechat, N ^a   Bastos, M M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbonyl compounds; Nucleophilic reagents; Sulfur tetrafluoride; TDAE; Trifluoromethylation; Trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958477573     PISSN: 15701794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017910792246081     Document Type: Article

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