R. C. Mehrotra, Anirudh P. Singh, Malti Sharma
2003
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Journal of the Indian Chemical Society
Abstract
In spite of the well-known applications of aluminium isopropoxide in Meerwein-Ponndorf type of catalytic reactions since the early 1920's, the actual nature of this simple compound was surprisingly obscure. This brief article highlights the work during the last 50 years of the senior author by explaining the changes in its molecular complexity on ageing as well as its extensive applications as a precursor for the synthesis of a large variety of homo- and heterobimetallic isopropoxide systems by facile reactions.