Chemoselective Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones by tert -Butyl Hydroperoxide Catalyzed by a Ruthenium Complex of N,N′,N″-Trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2873-2877

  Fung, Wai Hong ^a   Yu, Wing Yiu ^a   Che, Chi Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0001472321     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo971892x     Document Type: Article

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