The Surprising Nitrogen-Analogue Chemistry of the Methyltrioxorhenium-Catalyzed Olefin Epoxidation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 50, 2003, Pages 15308-15309

  Deubel, Dirk V ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; ETHYLENE; METAL COMPLEX; METHYLTRIOXORHENIUM; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; RHENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION; ENTHALPY; EPOXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0347480553     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja039066v     Document Type: Article

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