Scalable and sustainable electrochemical allylic C-H oxidation

Nature

Volumn 533, Issue 7601, 2016, Pages 77-81

  Horn, Evan J ^a   Rosen, Brandon R ^a   Chen, Yong ^b   Tang, Jiaze ^b   Chen, Ke ^c   Eastgate, Martin D ^c   Baran, Phil S ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area Polytechinc   (China)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL COMPOUND; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CARBON; HYDROGEN; OXIDIZING AGENT;

CARBON; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BONDING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; OXIDATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREEN CHEMISTRY; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS GREENNESS SCORE; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CARBON; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HYDROGEN; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84969776862     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17431     Document Type: Article

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