Metal-mediated C-C bond making and breaking: First direct evidence for a reversible migration of a benzyl group along a metal-carbon bond [3]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 50, 1999, Pages 11898-11899

  Albrecht, Martin ^b   Gossage, Robert A ^a,b   Spek, Anthony L ^c   Van Koten, Gerard ^b  

^a GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; HALIDE; METAL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; KINETICS; LETTER; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033596334     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja992494+     Document Type: Letter

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