(1) Process Chemistry Group, Abo Akademi University, Biskopsgatan 8, FIN-20500 Turku / Abo, Finland
Abstract:
A kinetic model is proposed to account for the effect of oxygen during catalyst premodification on the rate and enantioselectivity in hydrogenation of methyl pyruvate over cinchonidine modified platinum catalysts.This revised version was published online in December 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.