Highly efficient reduction of unactivated aryl and alkyl iodides by a ground-state neutral organic electron donor

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1356-1360

  Murphy, John A ^a   Khan, Tanweer A ^a   Zhou, Sheng Ze ^a   Thomson, Douglas W ^a   Mahesh, Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclization; Electron transfer; Radical reactions; Reduction; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GROUND STATE; PARAFFINS; REDUCTION;

ALKYL IODIDES; ELECTRON-TRANSFER; IODOALKANE; REDUCING AGENTS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,3 DIIODOPROPANE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IODIDE; N METHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE; PROPANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

EID: 14844315917     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200462038     Document Type: Article

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