The mechanism of the titanium-catalyzed hydroaminoalkylation of alkenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 6401-6405

  Prochnow, Insa ^a   Zark, Patrick ^a   Müller, Thomas ^a   Doye, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

alkenes; amines; C H activation; homogeneous catalysis; titanium

Indexed keywords

C-H ACTIVATION; CATALYTIC CYCLES; HIGH ACTIVATION ENERGY; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; KINETIC STUDY; NITROGEN ATOM; RATE DETERMINING STEP; THEORETICAL RESULT; TRANSITION STATE;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; TITANIUM;

OLEFINS;

EID: 79959876281     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201101239     Document Type: Article

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