Ring-closing metathesis at room temperature within nanometer micelles using water as the only solvent

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 350, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 953-956

  Lipshutz, Bruce H ^a   Ghorai, Subir ^a   Aguinaldo, Grant T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiphiles; Nanomicellar catalysis; Polyoxyethanyl tocopheryl sebacate (PTS); Ring closing metathesis; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449120014     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200800114     Document Type: Article

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