[2+1] Cycloadditions of Diazoalkanes to Enol Ethers Catalyzed by Chromium Complexes - The First Direct Spectroscopic Observation of a Carbene Complex Intermediate

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 2828-2830

  Pfeiffer, Jürgen ^a   Dötz, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbene complexes; Chromium; Cyclopropanations; Homogeneous catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009582666     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199728281     Document Type: Article

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