A sterically demanding nucleophilic carbene: 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene. Thermochemistry and catalytic application in olefin metathesis

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 606, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-54

  Jafarpour, Laleh ^a   Stevens, Edwin D ^a   Nolan, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nucleophilic carbene; Olefin metathesis; Thermochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002708119     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)00260-6     Document Type: Article

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