Oxidative homocoupling of aryl, alkenyl, and alkynyl Grignard reagents with TEMPO and dioxygen

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 9547-9550

  Maji, Modhu Sudan ^a   Pfeifer, Thorben ^a   Studer, Armido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biaryls; C C coupling; Dienes; Diynes; Nitroxides

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; TRANSITION METALS;

BIARYLS; C-C COUPLING; DIENES; DIYNES; NITROXIDES;

UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

AMINE OXIDE; MAGNESIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; TEMPO;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; MAGNESIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN;

EID: 56749122100     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804197     Document Type: Article

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