Thermal, catalytic, regiospecific functionalization of alkanes

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5460, 2000, Pages 1995-1997

  Chen, Huiyuan ^a   Schlecht, Sabine ^a   Semple, Thomas C ^b   Hartwig, John F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Westhollow Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BORANE DERIVATIVE; METAL COMPLEX; ORGANOBORON DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034678111     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5460.1995     Document Type: Article

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