New advances in titanium-mediated free radical reactions

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 14700-14732

  Rossi, Bianca ^a   Prosperini, Simona ^a   Pastori, Nadia ^a   Clerici, Angelo ^a   Punta, Carlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross coupling; Multicomponent reactions; Nucleophilic addition; Pinacolization; Radical chemistry; Ring opening of epoxides; TiCl3; TiCl4; Titanium; Titanocene

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; FREE RADICAL; IMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; TITANIUM; TITANOCENE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW;

CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICALS; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERIZATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 84871548304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules171214700     Document Type: Review

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