In Search of Catalytically Active Species in the Surfactant-Mediated Biphasic Alkene Epoxidation with Mimoun-Type Complexes

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Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-332

  Deubel, Dirk V ^a,b   Sundermeyer, Jörg ^a,b   Frenking, Gernot ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0003298969     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol006775u     Document Type: Article

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