| Langhals, Elke and Langhals, Heinz (1990): Alkylation of ketones by use of solid KOH in dimethyl sulfoxide. In: Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 31, No. 6: pp. 859-862 |
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Abstract
A mixture of solid KOH in dimethyl sulfoxide has a strong basicity, but only a low nucleophilicity and is used for methylation of ketones. With this simple and inexpensive reagent complete methylation with yields up to 90% can be achieved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Collections: | Chemistry and Pharmacy |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 540 Chemistry |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-3696-5 |
| ID Code: | 3696 |
| Deposited On: | 02. May 2008 14:36 |
| Last Modified: | 08. Jan 2013 16:06 |
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