Rationale behind the resistance of dialkylbiaryl phosphines toward oxidation by molecular oxygen

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5096-5101

  Barder, Timothy E ^a   Buchwald, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; LIGANDS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ALKYL SUBSTITUENTS; CROSS COUPLING REACTIONS; DIALKYLBIARYL PHOSPHINES;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

ALKYL GROUP; LIGAND; PALLADIUM; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; KINETICS; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIGANDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHINES;

EID: 34247486915     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0683180     Document Type: Article

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