Rhenium(I)-catalyzed formation of a carbon-oxygen bond: An efficient transition metal catalytic system for etherification of benzyl alcohols

Organometallics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2819-2821

  Liu, Yi ^a   Hua, Ruimao ^a   Sun, Hong Bin ^a   Qiu, Xianqing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; DEHYDRATION; ETHERS; HEATING; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; RHODIUM; SULFURIC ACID; TRANSITION METALS;

AROMATIC ALCOHOLS; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; CARBON-OXYGEN BONDS; ETHERIFICATION;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 20444481655     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om049040s     Document Type: Article

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