Photoinduced catalytic defluorination of perfluoroalkanes to give perfluoroalkenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2525-2526

  Burdeniuc, Juan ^a   Crabtree, Robert H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; DEFLUORINATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029937641     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9539599     Document Type: Article

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