Cyclopalladated ferrocenylimines as efficient catalysts for homogeneous catalysis: A brief introduction to our preliminary achievements

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 2784-2793

  Wu, Yang Jie ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Zhang, Jin Li ^a   Cui, Xiu Ling ^a   Gong, Jun Fang ^a   Song, Mao Ping ^a   Li, Tie Sheng ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

catalyst precursor; coupling reaction; cyclopalladated ferrocenylimine; homogeneous catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956533698     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3126-3     Document Type: Review

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