Synthetic application of PVP-stabilized Au nanocluster catalyst to aerobic oxidation of alcohols in aqueous solution under ambient conditions

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 212-213

  Tsunoyama, Hironori ^a   Tsukuda, Tatsuya ^a,b   Sakurai, Hidehiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 34247213429     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2007.212     Document Type: Article

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