N-Methylmorpholine
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N-Methylmorpholine is an organic base
of intermediate strength. Its main use is as the starting material for preparing N-methylmorpholine N-oxide
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Organic base
An organic base is an organic compound which acts as a base. Organic bases are usually, but not always, proton acceptors. They usually contain nitrogen atoms, which can easily be protonated. Amines and nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds are organic bases...
of intermediate strength. Its main use is as the starting material for preparing N-methylmorpholine N-oxide
N-Methylmorpholine N-oxide
N-Methylmorpholine-N-oxide, NMO or NMMO is an organic compound. This heterocyclic amine oxide and morpholine derivative is used in organic chemistry as a co-oxidant and sacrificial catalyst in oxidation reactions for instance in osmium tetroxide oxidations and the Sharpless asymmetric...
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