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Stable, Self‐Assembling, Equilibrating Catalysts for Green Chemistry
Author(s) -
Hill Craig L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200301701
Subject(s) - catalysis , polyoxometalate , green chemistry , chemistry , solvent , chemical engineering , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , materials science , reaction mechanism , engineering
Increased stability of oxidation catalysts results from the self‐assembly of the catalysts under near‐turnover conditions from oxidatively resistant precursors. The described polyoxometalate epoxidation catalyst uses a green oxidant (H 2 O 2 ), solvent, and separation conditions and is fast, selective, and safe. This self‐assembling system is an important step towards truly green catalysis (see scheme).