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replacing silver catalyst with simple organic

morganism - 26-6-2014 at 14:16

http://m.phys.org/news/2014-06-silver-lining-drugs.html

this is interesting, and says it may be possible to replace platinum too....

[Edited on 26-6-2014 by morganism]

zed - 29-6-2014 at 14:15

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/sc/c4sc01...

Would appear they are talking about a Tetra-Methyl-Ammonium salt. Details are skimpy. Also note......this salt is used in conjunction with Platinum or Pd.

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2014/sc/c4sc01215...

Hey! Found the whole article.

[Edited on 29-6-2014 by zed]