Industrial catalysts for regio-or stereo-selective oxidations and reductions. a review of key technologies and targets

Regio- and Stereo-Controlled Oxidations and Reductions

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-33

  Whittall, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs); Degussa DEGUPHOS catalyst system; Dioxirane catalyzed epoxidation; Industrial catalysts; Ketones and imines catalytic hydrogenation; Reduction catalyst systems for emerging drug intermediates; Regio and stereo controlled oxidations and reductions; Tipranavir intermediate synthesis; Unsaturated nitrile and chirality asymmetric reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856762445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470090244.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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