Oxidation of alkylarenes by nitrate catalyzed by polyoxophosphomolybdates: Synthetic applications and mechanistic insights

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6356-6362

  Khenkin, Alexander M ^a   Neumann, Ronny ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CATALYSIS; CHARGE TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; OXIDATION; SALTS;

BENZYLIC ACETATES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; NITRATE SALTS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; BENZILIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZYLIC ACETATE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; KETONE; MOLYBDIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYOXOPHOSPHOMOLYBDATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ACETATES; ALDEHYDES; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CATALYSIS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 2442697671     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja031710i     Document Type: Article

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