Rhodium-catalyzed formation of phosphorus-boron bonds: Synthesis of the first high molecular weight poly(phosphinoborane)

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3321-3323

  Dorn, Hendrik ^a   Singh, Ryan A ^a   Massey, Jason A ^a   Lough, Alan J ^a   Manners, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boron; Homogeneous catalysis; Phosphorus; Polymerizations; Polymers

Indexed keywords

BORANE DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033570942     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19991115)38:22<3321::AID-ANIE3321>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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