A mild C-O bond formation catalyzed by a rhenium-oxo complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6076-6077

  Sherry, Benjamin D ^a   Radosevich, Alexander T ^a   Toste, F Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; METAL COMPLEX; OXYGEN; RHENIUM COMPLEX; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037613457     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0343050     Document Type: Article

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