Experimental and computational studies on the mechanism of N-heterocycle C-H activation by Rh(I)

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2452-2462

  Wiedemann, Sean H ^a,b   Lewis, Jared C ^a   Ellman, Jonathan A ^a   Bergman, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS;

C-H ACTIVATION; COUPLING REACTIONS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

3 METHYL 3,4 DIHYDROQUINAZOLINE; CARBENE; CARBON; COORDINATION COMPOUND; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; METAL; QUINAZOLINONE DERIVATIVE; RHODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOTOPE LABELING; OXIDATION;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUINAZOLINES; RHODIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33644502831     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0576684     Document Type: Article

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