Synthesis and reactivity of low-coordinate iron(II) fluoride complexes and their use in the catalytic hydrodefluorination of fluorocarbons

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 7857-7870

  Vela, Javier ^a   Smith, Jeremy M ^a,b   Yu, Ying ^a   Ketterer, Nicole A ^a   Flaschenriem, Christine J ^a   Lachicotte, Rene J ^a   Holland, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUOROCARBONS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BOND ACTIVATION; ELECTRON TRANSFER PATHWAYS; FUNCTIONALIZATION; LEWIS ACID;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOROBENZENE; FLUOROCARBON; HEPTAFLUOROTOLUENE; HEXAFLUOROBENZENE; IRON COMPLEX; LEWIS ACID; OCTAFLUOROTOLUENE; PENTAFLUOROPYRIDINE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; TETRAFLUOROPYRIDINE; THIOLACID; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFLUORINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELIMINATION REACTION; FLUORINATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 19744376115     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja042672l     Document Type: Article

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