A general method for the preparation of ethers using water-resistant solid lewis acids

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 298-300

  Corma, Avelino ^a   Renz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cascade reactions; Etherification; Lewis acids; Tin; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

CASCADE REACTIONS; ETHERIFICATION; LEWIS ACIDS;

CATALYSTS; MOLECULAR SIEVES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN; ZEOLITES;

ETHERS;

ACID; ALCOHOL - N, N'-DIMETHYL-4-NITROSOANILINE OXIDOREDUCTASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL N, N' DIMETHYL 4 NITROSOANILINE OXIDOREDUCTASE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; TIN; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACIDS; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; CATALYSIS; ETHERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; TIN; TITANIUM; WATER; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 33846117174     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604018     Document Type: Article

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