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A Water Based Method for Hydroxymethylation of Phenols and Phenolic Ketones.

✍ Scribed by Jonali Goswami; Naleen Borthakur; Amrit Goswami

Book ID
101956506
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Weight
108 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
0931-7597

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