Iron(III)-catalyzed tandem sequential methanol oxidation/aldol coupling

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 347, Issue 11-13, 2005, Pages 1666-1672

  Lecomte, Vincent ^a   Bolm, Carsten ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Catalysis; Hydrogen peroxide; Iron; Methanol oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544513455     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200505163     Document Type: Article

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