Gold-catalyzed benzylic C-H activation at room temperature

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 6184-6187

  Hashmi, A Stephen K ^a   Schäfer, Sascha ^a   Wölfle, Michael ^a   Gil, Cesar Diez ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a   Laguna, Antonio ^b   Blanco, M Carmen ^b   Gimeno, M Concepción ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkynes; C H activation; Gold; Heterocycles; Homogeneous catalysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; GOLD; SUBSTRATES;

HETEROCYCLES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUENTS;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 34548096663     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701521     Document Type: Article

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