Rearrangement of pyridine to its 2-carbene tautomer mediated by iridium

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 14130-14131

  Álvarez, Eleuterio ^a   Conejero, Salvador ^a   Lara, Patricia ^a   López, Jorge A ^b   Paneque, Margarita ^a   Petronilho, Ana ^a   Poveda, Manuel L ^a   Del Río, Diego ^a   Serrano, Oracio ^a,b   Carmona, Ernesto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; IRIDIUM; PYRIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; HEAT TREATMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 36448953136     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja075685i     Document Type: Article

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