Divergent titanium-mediated allylations with modulation by nickel or palladium

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 7515-7519

  Campaña, Araceli G ^a   Bazdi, Btissam ^a   Fuentes, Noelia ^a   Robles, Rafael ^a   Cuerva, Juan M ^a   Oltra, J Enrique ^a   Porcel, Susana ^b   Echavarren, Antonio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allylation; Carbocycles; Nickel; Palladium; Titanium

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749131070     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802520     Document Type: Article

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