Ni- or Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of alkyl fluorides with grignard reagents

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5646-5647

  Terao, Jun ^a   Ikumi, Aki ^a   Kuniyasu, Hitoshi ^a   Kambe, Nobuaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; BROMINE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; COPPER; FLUORIDE; HALIDE; MAGNESIUM; METAL COMPLEX; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; FLUORINATION; GRIGNARD REACTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0037620634     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja034201p     Document Type: Article

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