Chemical reactions of the stable carbene 1,3,4-triphenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-ylidene

Liebigs Annales

Volumn , Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2019-2028

  Enders, Dieter ^a   Breuer, Klaus ^a   Runsink, Jan ^a   Henrique Teles, J ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Betaines; Cycloaddition; Insertion; Nucleophilic carbene; Spiro compounds; Stable carbene; Triazolium salts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748954621     PISSN: 09473440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlac.199619961212     Document Type: Article

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