Catalytic dehydroaromatization of n-alkanes by pincer-ligated iridium complexes

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-171

  Ahuja, Ritu ^a   Punji, Benudhar ^a   Findlater, Michael ^b   Supplee, Carolyn ^c   Schinski, William ^d   Brookhart, Maurice ^b   Goldman, Alan S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DECANE; DODECANE; HEXANE; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; LIGAND; N-DODECANE; OCTANE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKANES; CATALYSIS; HEXANES; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OCTANES;

EID: 79251617719     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.946     Document Type: Article

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