Clean and efficient benzylic C-H oxidation using a microflow system

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3215-3222

  Lv, Xiao Ming ^a   Kong, Ling Jie ^a   Lin, Qi ^a   Liu, Xiao Feng ^a   Zhou, Ya Ming ^a   Jia, Yu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzylic C H oxidation; microreactors; tert butyl hydroperoxide

Indexed keywords

BENZYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; OXIDATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960638746     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2010.517611     Document Type: Article

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