Transition metal catalyzed coupling reactions under C-H activation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1698-1712

  Dyker, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C C coupling; C H activation; Homogeneous catalysis; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CARBON; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; MERCURY; METAL; PALLADIUM; RHODIUM; RUTHENIUM; TUNGSTEN;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0033553817     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990614)38:12<1698::aid-anie1698>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Review

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