Oxidation of organometallic compounds (RM, M = Li, MgBr, ZnBr, CuCNLi, Cu(R)CNLi2) with tBuOOLi, Ti(OiPr)4-mediated with tBuOOH, and with O2, to give alcohols (ROH). Are radicals R• involved?

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 624, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 47-52

  Möller, Michael ^a   Husemann, Marc ^a   Boche, Gernot ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Organometallic compounds; Oxidations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142109780     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)00596-9     Document Type: Article

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