Catalytic oxidation of para-substituted phenols with nitrogen dioxide and oxygen

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2261-2264

  Bozell, Joseph J ^a   Hoberg, John O ^a   Dimmel, Donald R ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0032537078     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00242-1     Document Type: Article

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