Calix[n]arenes in action: Useful host-guest catalysis in organic chemistry

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 949-971

  Simões, Juliana B ^a,b   da Silva, Daniel L ^c   de Fátima, Angelo ^c   Fernandes, Sergio A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calix n arenes; Calix n arenes inherently chiral; Host guest catalysis; Inverse phase transfer catalysis; Phase transfer catalysis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL WASTES; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CALIX[N]ARENES; CALIX[N]ARENES INHERENTLY CHIRAL; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; HOST-GUEST CATALYSE; HOST:GUEST; INVERSE PHASE-TRANSFER CATALYSE; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHASE TRANSFER CATALYSIS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 84860291356     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527212800194746     Document Type: Article

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