Transient Ru-methyl formate intermediates generated with bifunctional transfer hydrogenation catalysts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2246-2250

  Perry, Richard H ^a   Brownell, Kristen R ^a   Chingin, Konstantin ^a   Cahill III, Thomas J ^a   Waymouth, Robert M ^a   Zare, Richard N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Organometallic catalysis; Reaction intermediates; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

ARGON; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ISOTOPE; METHANOL; OXYGEN; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEHYDROGENATION; DESORPTION ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS; HYDROGENATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857136655     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118934109     Document Type: Article

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