Regioselective unsymmetrical tetraallylation of C60 through palladium catalysis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 42, 2009, Pages 15112-15113

  Nambo, Masakazu ^a   Wakamiya, Atsushi ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigehiro ^a   Itami, Kenichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYLATIONS; PALLADIUM CATALYSIS; PALLADIUM INTERMEDIATES; REGIO-SELECTIVE; UNSYMMETRICAL;

FULLERENES; REGIOSELECTIVITY; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

PALLADIUM;

ALLYL COMPOUND; CARBON; ELECTROPHILE; NUCLEOPHILE; PALLADIUM;

ALLYLATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FULLERENES; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALLADIUM;

EID: 70350334152     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9071173     Document Type: Article

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