Theoretical investigations of heterogeneous olefin metathesis catalysts

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2796-2813

  Handzlik, Jaroslaw ^a   Kurleto, Kamil ^a  

^a CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alkylidene complexes; Cluster model; DFT; Heterogeneous catalyst; Mechanism; Olefin metathesis; Periodic model

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; OLEFINS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SILICA;

ALKYLIDENE COMPLEXES; CLUSTERS MODEL; DFT; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; METATHESIS CATALYSTS; OLEFIN METATHESIS; PERIODIC MODELS; SOLID SYSTEMS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

CATALYST DEACTIVATION;

EID: 84893198818     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13852728113179990119     Document Type: Article

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