Microencapsulation of osmium tetroxide in polyurea
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Published on: March 8, 2019
Steven V Ley1, Chandrashekar Ramarao, Ai-Lan Lee
1University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK. svl1000@cam.ac.uk
Organic Letters
|January 17, 2003
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] Osmium tetroxide has been microencapsulated in a polyurea matrix using an in situ interfacial polymerization approach. These microcapsules have been effectively used as recoverable and reusable catalysts in the dihydroxylation of olefins

