Facile conversion of alcohols into esters and dihydrogen catalyzed by new ruthenium complexes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 10840-10841

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Leitus, Gregory ^a   Ben David, Yehoshoa ^a   Milstein, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ESTER; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEHYDROGENATION; ESTERIFICATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 23744449879     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja052862b     Document Type: Article

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