Distinct Thermodynamics for the Formation and Cleavage of N-H Bonds in Aniline and Ammonia. Directly-Observed Reductive Elimination of Ammonia from an Isolated Amido Hydride Complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 45, 2003, Pages 13644-13645

  Kanzelberger, Mira ^a   Zhang, Xiawei ^a   Emge, Thomas J ^a   Goldman, Alan S ^a   Zhao, Jing ^b   Incarvito, Christopher ^b   Hartwig, John F ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMMONIA; ANILINE; IRIDIUM COMPLEX;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELIMINATION REACTION; KINETIC STABILITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0242659048     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja037363u     Document Type: Article

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