Molybdenum(II)- and tungsten(II)-catalyzed allylic substitution

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2737-2750

  Malkov, Andrei V ^a   Baxendale, Ian R ^a,c   Dvořák, Dalimil ^a,d   Mansfield, Darren J ^b   Kočovský, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AgrEvo UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; METAL BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033574393     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9821776     Document Type: Article

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