Catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of primary alcohols with water, methanol, or amines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-563

  Zweifel, Theo ^a   Naubron, Jean Valère ^a   Grützmacher, Hansjörg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Amines; Density functional calculations; Homogeneous catalysis; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINATION; AMINES; CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN; METAL WORKING; METHANOL; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; RHODIUM;

AMIDO COMPLEXES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; COOPERATIVITY; DEHYDROGENATIVE COUPLINGS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; HIGH ACTIVITIES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN ACCEPTORS; MILD REACTION CONDITIONS; MULTISTEP MECHANISMS; PRIMARY ALCOHOLS;

RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 58249100147     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804757     Document Type: Article

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