Competitive C-I versus C-CN reductive elimination from a RhIII complex. Selectivity is controlled by the solvent

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 14374-14375

  Feller, Moran ^a   Iron, Mark A ^a   Shimon, Linda J W ^a   Diskin Posner, Yael ^a   Leitus, Gregory ^a   Milstein, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; RHODIUM COMPLEX; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 55549096043     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8046798     Document Type: Article

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