OH Activation for Nucleophilic Substitution

Sustainable Catalysis: Challenges and Practices for the Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Industries

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 121-137

  Williams, Jonathan M J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Alkylating agents; C C bonds; C N bonds; Hydroxyl group; Nucleophilic substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886177070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118354520.ch07     Document Type: Chapter

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