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Cope elimination reaction

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Thermal elimination of N-oxides to olefins and N-hydroxyl amines.

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Li, J.J. (2014). Cope elimination reaction. In: Name Reactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03979-4_67

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