Reactions of an intramolecular frustrated Lewis pair with unsaturated substrates: Evidence for a concerted olefin addition reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 12280-12289

  Mömming, Cornelia M ^a   Frömel, Silke ^a   Kehr, Gerald ^a   Fröhlich, Roland ^a   Grimme, Stefan ^a   Erker, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-PENTYNE; ADDITION PRODUCTS; BOND FORMATION; C-H BOND CLEAVAGE; CARBONYL GROUPS; CINNAMIC ALDEHYDES; DOUBLE BONDS; ELECTRON-RICH; HETEROCYCLES; HYDROBORATION; IN-SITU; NORBORNENES; OLEFIN ADDITION; VINYL ETHERS; X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ETHERS; OLEFINS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALKENE; AMPHOLYTE; BORON; BORON DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; NORBORNENE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROBORATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL STUDY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 69349104427     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja903511s     Document Type: Article

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