Is There a Radical Intermediate in the (salen)Mn-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Alkenes?

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1723-1725

  Linde, Christian ^a   Arnold, Moritz ^a   Norrby, Per Ola ^b   Åkermark, Björn ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epoxidations; Manganese; Oxetanes; Oxidations; Radicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030853658     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199717231     Document Type: Article

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