Mechanism of carbon-fluorine bond activation by (C5Me5)Rh(PMe3)H2

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 33, 1997, Pages 7734-7742

  Edelbach, Brian L ^a   Jones, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE ION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PERFLUORO COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030963988     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja970723r     Document Type: Article

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