Low-basicity oxygen atoms: A key in the search for propylene epoxidation catalysts

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2055-2058

  Torres, Daniel ^b   Lopez, Nuria ^a,b   Illas, Francesc ^b   Lambert, Richard M ^c  

^a Chemistry Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTQC)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basicity; Chemoselectivity; Density functional calculations; Epoxidation; Heterogeneous catalysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; EPOXIDATION; HYDROCARBONS; OXYGEN; PROPYLENE;

CHEMOSELECTIVITY; HETEROGENEOUS EPOXIDATION CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN STRIPPING;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

EID: 34250901568     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603803     Document Type: Article

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