An efficient hydration of cyanamides to substituted ureas with acetaldoxime as an effective water surrogate

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 716-718

  Kim, Sung Hwan ^a   Park, Bo Ram ^a   Kim, Jae Nyoung ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetaldoxime; Cyanamides; Hydration; Ureas; Water surrogate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951938595     PISSN: 02532964     EISSN: 12295949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2011.32.2.716     Document Type: Article

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