Metal-free oxidation of aromatic carbon-hydrogen bonds through a reverse-rebound mechanism

Nature

Volumn 499, Issue 7457, 2013, Pages 192-196

  Yuan, Changxia ^a   Liang, Yong ^b   Hernandez, Taylor ^a   Berriochoa, Adrian ^a   Houk, Kendall N ^b   Siegel, Dionicio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; PEROXIDE; PHTHALOYL PEROXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; CHEMICAL BONDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; OXIDATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROXYLATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; METALS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PEROXIDES; PHENOLS; QUANTUM THEORY; SESQUITERPENES; TOCOPHEROLS;

EID: 84880441700     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12284     Document Type: Article

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