Can single-electron transfer break an aromatic carbon - Heteroatom bond in one step? A novel example of transition between stepwise and concerted mechanisms in the reduction of aromatic iodides [5]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 7158-7159

  Pause, Laurence ^a   Robert, Marc ^a   Savéant, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; IODINE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LETTER; REDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033523263     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja991365q     Document Type: Letter

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