PCC-Promoted dehydration of aldoximes: A convenient access to aromatic, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic nitriles

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2756-2762

  Chandrappa, S ^a   Prasanna, T S R ^b   Vinaya, K ^a   Prasanna, D S ^a   Rangappa, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aldoxime; carbonyl group; dehydration; nitrile; oxidizing agent; PCC

Indexed keywords

ALDOXIME; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; REACTION TIME; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84880459745     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2012.738459     Document Type: Article

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