The oxorhenium(VII)-catalyzed direct condensation of phosphoric acid with an alcohol

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1423-1426

  Sakakura, Akira ^a   Katsukawa, Mikimoto ^a   Ishihara, Kazuaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Green chemistry; Homogeneous catalysis; Phosphoric acid monoesters; Rhenium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONDENSATION; ESTERS; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

GREEN CHEMISTRY; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; MONOESTERS; PHOSPHORIC ACID MONOESTERS;

PHOSPHORIC ACID;

FATTY ALCOHOL; OCTADECANOL; PERRHENIC ACID; PHOSPHORIC ACID; RHENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

CATALYSIS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; KINETICS; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; RHENIUM;

EID: 34247890173     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200604333     Document Type: Article

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