Highly selective epoxidation of styrene using a transition metal-aluminium(III) complex containing the [MeAl(2-py)3]- anion (2-py = 2-pyridyl)

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-200

  Alvarez, Carmen Soria ^a   García, Felipe ^a   Humphrey, Simon M ^a   Hopkins, Alexander D ^a   Kowenicki, Richard A ^a   McPartlin, Mary ^b   Layfield, Richard A ^a   Raja, Robert ^a   Rogers, Michael C ^a   Woods, Anthony D ^a   Wright, Dominic S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANION; IRON DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; EPOXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 19944433773     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b413488e     Document Type: Article

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