Photolytic zirconium benzyl bond cleavage and subsequent aryl C-F activation in zirconium complexes of fluorinated aryl diamides

Organometallics

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3947-3954

  O'Connor, Paul E ^a   Berg, David J ^a   Barclay, Tosha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b North Harris College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DIMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PHOTOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0038682658     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om0204181     Document Type: Article

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