Environmentally benign one-pot synthesis of cyanamides from dithiocarbamates using I 2 and H 2O 2

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 951-958

  Jamir, Latonglila ^a   Sinha, Upasana Bora ^a   Nath, Jayashree ^b   Patel, Bhisma K ^b  

^a NAGALAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Cyanamide; Dithiocarbamate salt; Hydrogen peroxide; Iodine; Isothiocyanate

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CYANAMIDE; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IODINE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; PHENYLTHIOUREA; SULFUR; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DESULFURIZATION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION;

EID: 84055223410     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2010.532276     Document Type: Article

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