Dirhodium(II) complexes of 2-(sulfonylimino)pyrrolidine: Synthesis and application in catalytic benzylic oxidation

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3088-3092

  Wusiman, Abudureheman ^a,b,c   Tusun, Xiarepati ^a,b   Lu, Chong Dao ^a  

^a XINJIANG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XINJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzylic oxidation; Bridging ligands; Homogeneous catalysis; N ligands; Rhodium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862060052     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201200292     Document Type: Article

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