Isotope effects and the mechanism of chlorotrimethylsilane-mediated addition of cuprates to enones

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3288-3295

  Frantz, Doug E ^a,b   Singleton, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANONE; ISOTOPE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034639912     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja993373c     Document Type: Article

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