Mechanisms of ethylene glycol carbonylation with carbon dioxide

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 992, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-109

  Ma, Jun ^a   Liu, Jinli ^a   Zhang, Zhaofu ^a   Han, Buxing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbonylation; CBS QB3; Ethylene glycol; Mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863089418     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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