Monthly Archives: May 2014

Koichi Tanaka

Koichi Tanaka

Koichi Tanaka (born 1959, Toyama, Japan) is a Japanese analytical chemist and engineer, who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses ...

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Febuxostat

Febuxostat

  Febuxostat is an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase, and was developed by Teijin pharma. This compound is known as a new drug that is effective against gout and hyperuricemia, and it has been 40 ...

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Kumada-Tamao-Corriu Cross Coupling

Kumada-Tamao-Corriu Cross Coupling

General Characteristics The palladium- or nickel-catalyzed cross coupling between aryl halides/triflates and Grignard reagents is known as the Kumada-Tamao-Corriu reaction. The Kumada-Tamao-Corriu ...

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Malaprade Glycol Oxidative Cleavage

Malaprade Glycol Oxidative Cleavage

General Characteristics Periodic acid or sodium periodate is used to oxidatively cleave 1,2-diols, producing a pair of aldehydes or ketones. Sodium periodate also works as the reoxidant of osmium ...

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Corey-Fuchs Alkyne Synthesis

Corey-Fuchs Alkyne Synthesis

General Characteristics The Corey-Fuchs reaction is the conversion of aldehydes into alkynes with one carbon homologation. The treatment of 1,1-dihaloalkenes with 2 equivalents of alkyllithium gives ...

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