On the theory of organic catalysis "on water"

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 5492-5502

  Jung, Yousung ^a   Marcus, R A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; DEUTERIUM; EMULSIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTION; OIL EMULSION; ORGANIC CATALYSIS;

CATALYSIS;

DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; HYDROXIDE; ISOTOPE; OIL; WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOLVENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPREHENSION; EMULSION; EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODEL; MOLECULE; SOLUTE; THEORY; WATER STRUCTURE; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 34247897075     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja068120f     Document Type: Article

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