Safety assessment of Diels-Alder reactions with highly reactive acrylic monomers

Organic Process Research and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2015-2020

  Abele, Stefan ^a   Schwaninger, Mischa ^b   Fierz, Hans ^b   Schmidt, Gunther ^a   Funel, Jacques Alexis ^a   Stoessel, Francis ^b  

^a ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Switzerland)

^b Swissi Process Safety GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,2 ,6 ,6-TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINE-1-OXYL; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; DIENOPHILES; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SAFETY HAZARDS; SCALE-UP; SODIUM BICARBONATES; THERMAL HAZARDS; TRIMETHYLSILANE;

OLEFINS; TOLUENE;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 84862103215     PISSN: 10836160     EISSN: 1520586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/op300145k     Document Type: Article

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