Iron-catalyzed selective biaryl coupling: Remarkable suppression of homocoupling by the fluoride anion

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 9844-9845

  Hatakeyama, Takuji ^a   Nakamura, Masaharu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; FLUORIDE; IRON;

ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; GRIGNARD REACTION; LIGAND BINDING; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547873501     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja073084l     Document Type: Article

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