"On water": Unique reactivity of organic compounds in aqueous suspension

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 3275-3279

  Narayan, Sridhar ^a   Muldoon, John ^a   Finn, M G ^a   Fokin, Valery V ^a   Kolb, Hartmuth C ^a   Sharpless, K Barry ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Click chemistry; Cycloaddition; Interfaces; Rearrangement; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLUBILITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENTS; REACTIVITY;

REACTION KINETICS;

ALKENE; AZO COMPOUND; BRIDGED COMPOUND; EPOXIDE; KETONE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; QUADRICYCLANE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SUSPENSION;

ALKENES; AZO COMPOUNDS; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHALENES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SUSPENSIONS; WATER;

EID: 20344388819     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200462883     Document Type: Article

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