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Schiff bases: a short survey on an evergreen chemistry tool

Wenling Qin1, Sha Long, Mauro Panunzio

  • 1Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician" Via Selmi 2, Bologna 40126, Italy. mauro.panunzio@unibo.it.

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