The reaction of active zinc with organic bromides

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 4155-4167

  Guijarro, Albert ^a   Rosenberg, David M ^a   Rieke, Reuben D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033526370     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9844478     Document Type: Article

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