Intramolecular frustrated Lewis Pairs: Formation and chemical features

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 332, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-84

  Kehr, Gerald ^a   Schwendemann, Sina ^a   Erker, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

FLP addition reactions; Small molecule activation; Synergistic reactions; Vicinal and geminal frustrated Lewis pairs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879327000     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128-2012-373     Document Type: Article

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