Ruthenium-catalyzed sequential reactions: Deracemization of secondary benzylic alcohols

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 393-396

  Shimada, Yusuke ^a   Miyake, Yoshihiro ^a   Matsuzawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nishibayashi, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Homogeneous catalysis; Oxidation; Reduction; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250741030     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200600354     Document Type: Article

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