'Chitosan in water' as an eco-friendly and efficient catalytic system for Knoevenagel condensation reaction

Dhiraj Rani1, Priyanka Singla1, Jyoti Agarwal1

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Center of Advanced Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India.

Carbohydrate Polymers
|October 6, 2018
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