The first general method for the synthesis of transition-metal π complexes of an electronically diverse family of 1,2-azaborolyls

Organometallics

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4323-4325

  Liu, Shih Yuan ^a   Hills, Ivory D ^a   Fu, Gregory C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ISOELECTRONIC RELATIONSHIPS;

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0012426647     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om020533b     Document Type: Article

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