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Schmidt Reaction

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SINCE the advent of commercial polyphosphoric acid, a number of novel procedures have been developed for the Schmidt reaction using polyphosphoric acid as the solvent and catalyst1–5.

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STOCKEL, R., HALL, D. Schmidt Reaction. Nature 197, 787–788 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197787b0

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