Chromium - Salen-mediated alkene epoxidation: A theoretical and experimental study indicates the importance of spin-surface crossing and the presence of a discrete intermediate

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 4299-4307

  Brandt, Peter ^a   Norrby, Per Ola ^b   Daly, Adrian M ^c   Gilheany, Declan G ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chromium; Density functional calculations; Epoxidation; Manganese; N,O ligands

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHROMIUM; MANGANESE;

EPOXIDATION;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EPOXIDATION; THEORY;

EID: 0037120152     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20020916)8:18<4299::AID-CHEM4299>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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