Surveying sterically demanding N-heterocyclic carbene ligands with restricted flexibility for palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1523-1533

  Würtz, Sebastian ^a   Glorius, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 57549119091     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar8000876     Document Type: Review

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