Oxidatively induced reductive elimination from (tBu 2bpy)Pd(Me)2: Palladium(IV) intermediates in a one-electron oxidation reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 15618-15620

  Lanci, Michael P ^a   Remy, Matthew S ^b   Kaminsky, Werner ^a   Mayer, James M ^a   Sanford, Melanie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONES; C-C BOND FORMATION; C-C BONDS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; FERROCENIUM; INNER-SPHERE ELECTRON; METHYL GROUP; ONE-ELECTRON OXIDATION; REDUCTIVE ELIMINATION;

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ETHANE; HYDROCARBONS; SILVER;

PALLADIUM;

PALLADIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELIMINATION REACTION; OXIDATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350627362     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja905816q     Document Type: Article

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