An unusual nickel-copper-mediated alkyne homocoupling reaction for the active-template synthesis of [2]rotaxanes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6243-6248

  Crowley, James D ^a   Goldup, Stephen M ^a   Gowans, Nicholas D ^a   Leigh, David A ^a   Ronaldson, Vicki E ^a   Slawin, Alexandra M Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLIDE LIGANDS; ACTIVE METALS; ALKYNE COUPLING; HOMOCOUPLING REACTIONS; INSULATED MOLECULAR WIRE; MACRO-CYCLIC LIGANDS; METAL CATALYST; MOLECULAR MACHINES; OCTAHEDRAL COORDINATION GEOMETRY; REACTION MECHANISM; REDUCTIVE ELIMINATION; ROTAXANES; TEMPLATE REACTIONS; TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS;

ACETYLENE; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; LIGANDS; METAL IONS; METALS; NICKEL ALLOYS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

ALKYNE; COPPER; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METAL ION; NANOWIRE; NICKEL; ROTAXANE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHELATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951693378     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja101121j     Document Type: Article

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