Expanding the scope of trialkylborane/water-mediated radical reactions

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 4427-4429

  Medeiros, Matthew R ^a   Schacherer, Laura N ^a,b   Spiegel, David A ^a,c   Wood, John L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORANE DERIVATIVE; IODIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

BORANES; CATALYSIS; IODIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; WATER;

EID: 35948953510     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol7016609     Document Type: Article

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