Researchers develop ‘green’ route to ind
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2004
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Elsevier Science
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Showa Denko has developed a novel solid acid catalyst that allows the production of the pharmaceutical and agrochemical intermediate, alphatetralone, in one step without the generation of waste. Alpha-tetralone is used in the production of the antidepressant sertraline, which achieves sales of Yen 3