Deoxygenation of alcohols employing water as the hydrogen atom source

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 36, 2005, Pages 12513-12515

  Spiegel, David A ^a   Wiberg, Kenneth B ^a   Schacherer, Laura N ^a   Medeiros, Matthew R ^a   Wood, John L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEOXYGENATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALCOHOLS; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 24744461879     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja052185l     Document Type: Article

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