Mass efficiency as metric for the effectiveness of catalysts

Green Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Eissen, Marco ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a   Dirks, Stefan ^b   Metzger, Jürgen ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOL REACTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICHAEL ADDITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0344309084     PISSN: 14639262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b301753m     Document Type: Short Survey

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