Cleave and capture chemistry illustrated through bimetallic-induced fragmentation of tetrahydrofuran

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 588-591

  Mulvey, Robert E ^a   Blair, Victoria L ^a   Clegg, William ^b   Kennedy, Alan R ^a   Klett, Jan ^a   Russo, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWN ETHER; FURAN DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CROWN ETHERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FURANS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77954004096     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.667     Document Type: Article

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