Active-sodium-promoted reductive cleavage of halogenated benzoic acids

Tetrahedron

Volumn 66, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 9171-9174

  Azzena, Ugo ^a   Dettori, Giovanna ^a   Mocci, Sarah ^a   Pisano, Luisa ^a   Cerioni, Giovanni ^b   Mocci, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active sodium; Electron transfer; Hydrodehalogenation; Organic pollutants; Reduction; Vic Diorganometals

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIARYLETHANE; 1,2 DISODIOETHANE; ANION; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BROMOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIANION; ETHANE; FLUOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEHALOGENATION; DEPROTONATION; HALOGENATION; ISOMER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 78049295048     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.09.072     Document Type: Article

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