Base-promoted benzene C-H activation chemistry at an amido pincer complex of platinum(II)

Organometallics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1753-1755

  Harkins, Seth B ^a   Peters, Jonas C ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXES;

BENZENE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMPLEXATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; PLATINUM; STOICHIOMETRY;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

EID: 0038005811     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om011044z     Document Type: Article

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