Catalytic migratory oxidative coupling of nitrones through an outer-sphere C(sp 3)-H activation process

Chemical Record

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 236-241

  Hashizume, Shogo ^a   Oisaki, Kounosuke ^a   Kanai, Motomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

C H activation; copper catalysis; nitrones; outer sphere catalysis; oxidative C C coupling

Indexed keywords

AMINE; COPPER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITRONES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; ETHERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 80053571189     PISSN: 15278999     EISSN: 15280691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201100024     Document Type: Article

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