Aryl ethyl ethers prepared by ethylation using diethyl carbonate

Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Weidlich, T ^a   Pokorny M ^a   Padelkova Z ^b   Ruzicka A ^a  

^a Institute of Environment Protection   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aryl ethyl ethers; Diethyl carbonate; Ethylation; Phenols

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994411331     PISSN: 17518253     EISSN: 17517192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17518250701816399     Document Type: Article

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