Selective meta-deprotonation of toluene by using alkali-metal-mediated magnesiation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 3459-3462

  Andrikopoulos, Prokopis C ^a   Armstrong, David R ^a   Graham, David V ^a   Hevia, Eva ^a   Kennedy, Alan R ^a   Mulvey, Robert E ^a   O'Hara, Charles T ^a   Talmard, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprotonation; Inverse crown compounds; Magnesium; Metalation; Sodium

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; NEGATIVE IONS; ORGANOMETALLICS; REACTION KINETICS; RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIMETALLIC METALATION; DEPROTONATION; MAGNESIATION;

TOLUENE;

EID: 20444419834     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500379     Document Type: Article

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