Powerful redox molecular sieve catalysts for the selective oxidation of cyclohexane in air [17]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 50, 1999, Pages 11926-11927

  Raja, Robert ^a   Sankar, Gopinathan ^a   Thomas, John Meurig ^a  

^a DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AIR; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; LETTER; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

EID: 0033596329     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9935052     Document Type: Letter

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