The mechanism of a C-H bond activation reaction in room-temperature alkane solution

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5336, 1997, Pages 260-263

  Bromberg, Steven E ^c   Yang, Haw ^c   Asplund, Matthew C ^c   Lian, T ^a,c   McNamara, B K ^b,c   Kotz, K T ^c   Yeston, J S ^c   Wilkens, M ^c   Frei, H ^d   Bergman, Robert G ^c   Harris, C B ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; METAL COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030764976     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5336.260     Document Type: Article

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