NbCl5-catalyzed, solvent-free, one-pot synthesis of coumarins

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1486-1491

  Gao, Shu Tao ^a   Li, Chao ^a   Wang, Yanen ^a   Ma, Jing Jun ^a   Wang, Chun ^a   Zhang, Jing Wen ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

Author keywords

keto ester; Coumarins; NbCl5; Pechmann condensation; phenols; solvent free

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ESTER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MELTING POINT; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PECHMANN CONDENSATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79953655834     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2010.486514     Document Type: Article

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