Recent development in aerobic oxidation of amines

Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-340

  Xin, Bo Tao ^c   Zhou, Qing Fa ^c   Lu, Tao ^a,b  

^a Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery   (China)

^b China Pharmaceutical University   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aerobic oxidation; Amines; Copper; Gold; Molecular oxygen; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPPER; GOLD; OXIDATION; RUTHENIUM;

ACTIVE CATALYST; AEROBIC OXIDATIONS; CATALYTIC SYSTEM; COPPER CATALYST; GOLD; GOLD CATALYSTS; RUTHENIUM CATALYSTS;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

EID: 84867017330     PISSN: 1570193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570193x11209030319     Document Type: Review

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