Urea-hydrogen peroxide/hexafluoro-2-propanol: An efficient system for a catalytic epoxidation reaction without a metal

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3290-3293

  Legros, Julien ^a   Crousse, Benoit ^a   Bonnet Delpon, Danièle ^a   Bégué, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Epoxidation; Fluoroalcohol; Fluoroketones; Urea hydrogen peroxide

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; HEXAFLUORO 2 PROPANOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; METAL; PERFLUORODECAN 2 ONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; EPOXIDATION;

EID: 0036795924     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0690(200210)2002:19<3290::AID-EJOC3290>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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