Iron-catalyzed oxidative homo-coupling of aryl grignard reagents

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 491-493

  Nagano, Takashi ^a   Hayashi, Tamio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROETHANE; IRON DERIVATIVE; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; GRIGNARD REACTION; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 13844254448     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol047509+     Document Type: Article

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