Polyalkoxybenzylation of [FeCp(arene)]+ complexes and polyfunctionalization of the tentacles with iron sandwich redox centers

New Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 945-957

  Fillaut, Jean Luc ^a   Astruc, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hexafunctional; Metallocenes; Polyalkoxybenzylation; Redox; Tentacles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000741170     PISSN: 11440546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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