Imidazolium-2-carboxylate as an efficient, expeditious and ecofriendly organocatalyst for glycerol carbonate synthesis

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 351, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1753-1756

  Naik, Prashant U ^a   Petitjean, Laetitia ^a   Refes, Karima ^a   Picquet, Michel ^a   Plasseraud, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dimethyl carbonate; Glycerol carbonate; Imidazolium 2 carboxylates; Organic catalysis; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949130175     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200900280     Document Type: Article

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