Reaction of methylenecyclobutanes with NXS-H2O system

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3237-3245

  Yu, Lei ^a   Ren, Lingfeng ^a   Xu, Bei ^a   Guo, Rong ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aryl transfer; cyclobutyl ketones; electrophilic addition; halohydroxylation; methylenecyclobutanes

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; METHYLCYCLOBUTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROXYLATION;

EID: 79960628317     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2010.517614     Document Type: Article

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