AbstractsChemistry

An Application of the Reformatsky Reaction to the Thiophene Series of Compounds

by Howard A. Hicks




Institution: North Texas State College
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Year: 1949
Keywords: Reformatsky reaction; thiophene derivatives; Thiophenes.
Record ID: 1536232
Full text PDF: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83566/


Abstract

In view of the increasing importance of thiophene derivatives as chemotherapeutic agents, it was considered of interest to apply the Reformatsky reaction to the synthesis of compounds containing the thiophene nucleus with the thought that these might serve as intermediates for further syntheses.