Air Oxidation of Benzene to Biphenyl - A Dual Catalytic Approach

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 343, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 455-459

  Mukhopadhyay, Sudip ^a   Rothenberg, Gadi ^b   Lando, Gilad ^c   Agbaria, Kasim ^c   Kazanci, Murat ^c   Sasson, Yoel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atom economy; C C coupling; Homogeneous catalysis; Oxidative coupling; Oxygen activation; Palladium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000636665     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1615-4169(200107)343:5<455::AID-ADSC455>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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