FeCl2-catalyzed selective C-C bond formation by oxidative activation of a benzylic C-H bond

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 6505-6507

  Li, Zhiping ^a   Cao, Lin ^a   Li, Chao Jun ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C H activation; Cross coupling; Iron; Peroxides; Redox chemistry

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; PEROXIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

C-H ACTIVATION; CROSS-COUPLING; REDOX CHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRIC OXIDANTS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548356423     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701782     Document Type: Article

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