Stereospecific C-H oxidation with H2O2 catalyzed by a chemically robust site-isolated iron catalyst

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 5720-5723

  Gómez, Laura ^a   Garcia Bosch, Isaac ^a   Company, Anna ^a   Benet Buchholz, Jordi ^b   Polo, Alfonso ^a   Sala, Xavier ^b   Ribas, Xavi ^a   Costas, Miguel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catalyst design; Homogeneous catalysis; Iron; Liydrogen peroxide; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION;

CATALYST DESIGNS; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; IRON CATALYST; NONHEME IRON; STEREOSPECIFIC;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 70349789516     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200901865     Document Type: Article

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