On the Mechanism of the McMurry Reaction

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2234-2237

  Stahl, Martin ^a   Pidun, Ulrich ^a   Frenking, Gernot ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; C C coupling; Carbonyl compounds; Reaction mechanisms; Titanium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030696790     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199722341     Document Type: Article

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