Quantitative Evaluation of the Catalytic Activity of Dendrimers with only One Active Center at the Core: Application to the Nitroaldol (Henry) Reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 5243-5252

  Zubia, Aizpea ^a   Cossío, Fernando P ^a   Morao, Iñaki ^a   Rieumont, Marina ^a   Lopez, Xabier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HARD SPHERE COLLISION THEORY (HSCT); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

DENDRIMERS;

2 NITROETHANOL; ALCOHOL; AMINE; BENZALDEHYDE; DENDRIMER; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HENRY REACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 1942424979     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja039888s     Document Type: Article

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