Remarkably facile and reversible Ru-C(sp3) bond cleavage to give a reactive 16-electron Cp*Ru(κ2-P,carbene) zwitterion

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6390-6391

  Rankin, Matthew A ^a   Schatte, Gabriele ^b   McDonald, Robert ^c   Stradiotto, Mark ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOLYTE; CARBENE; CARBENOID; CARBON; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON;

EID: 34249079983     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja071684e     Document Type: Article

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