Efficient Oxidation of Methane to Methanol by Dioxygen Mediated by Tricopper Clusters1. Issue 13 (18th February 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chan, Sunney I.; Lu, Yu‐Jhang; Nagababu, Penumaka; Maji, Suman; Hung, Mu‐Cheng; Lee, Marianne M.; Hsu, I‐Jui; Minh, Pham Dinh; Lai, Jeff C.‐H.; Ng, Kok Yoah; Ramalingam, Sridevi; Yu, Steve S.‐F.; Chan, Michael K.
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 52:Issue 13(2013)
• Page Start: 3731
• Page End: 3735
• Publication Date: 2013-02-18
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201209846
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

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