Shelf-stable electrophilic reagents for trifluoromethylthiolation

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1227-1236

  Shao, Xinxin ^a   Xu, Chunfa ^a   Lu, Long ^a   Shen, Qilong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84929600700     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00047     Document Type: Article

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