The joy and challenge of small rings metathesis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 30, 2008, Pages 5504-5507

  Grela, Karol ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Cycloisomerization; Homogeneous catalysis; Metathesis

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OLEFINS;

CARBENES; CYCLOISOMERIZATION; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; METATHESIS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 53549099679     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801575     Document Type: Review

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