Triarylimidazole redox catalysts: Electrochemical analysis and empirical correlations

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2104-2110

  Zhang, Ni Tao ^a   Zeng, Cheng Chu ^a   Lam, Chiu Marco ^b   Gbur, Randi K ^b   Little, R Daniel ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; LINEAR CORRELATION; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; REDOX CATALYSTS; SUBSTITUENT CONSTANTS; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; TRIARYL IMIDAZOLE;

IONIZATION POTENTIAL;

IMIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IONIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POTENTIOMETRY;

EID: 84874632552     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo302309m     Document Type: Article

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