Molecular iodine: An efficient and versatile reagent for organic synthesis

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1485-1501

  Tekale, Sunil U ^a   Kauthale, Sushma S ^a   Dake, Satish A ^a   Sarda, Swapnil R ^b   Pawar, Rajendra P ^a  

^a DEOGIRI COLLEGE   (India)

^b JES College   (India)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Lewis acid; Molecular iodine; Organic transformations; Reagent etc

Indexed keywords

IODINE; RATE CONSTANTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

'CURRENT; CATALYSE; LEWIS ACID; LEWIS ACIDIC; MOLECULAR IODINE; ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; ORGANIC TRANSFORMATIONS; ORGANICS; REAGENT ETC; ]+ CATALYST;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84862620546     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527212800672574     Document Type: Review

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