A simple and green procedure for the synthesis of N-benzylthioureas

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 540-544

  De Sequeira Aguiar, Lúcia C ^a   Viana, Gil M ^a   Dos Santos Romualdo, Marcus V ^a   Costa, Márcio V ^a   Bonato, Bruno S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benzylisothiocyanate; Carica papaya; Glucosinolates; Green chemistry; Isothiocyanates; Natural products; Thioureas

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052978302     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017811797249281     Document Type: Article

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