Coordination and Activation of the BF Molecule

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3669-3672

  Vidovic, Dragoslav ^a   Aldridge, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boron; Borylene ligands; Halide abstraction; Lewis acids; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

BOND RUPTURE; BORYLENE LIGANDS; HALIDE ABSTRACTION; LEWIS ACIDS; STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY;

ABSTRACTING; ACIDS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; LIGANDS; RUTHENIUM; TRANSITION METALS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EID: 70350109519     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200901022     Document Type: Article

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