Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation by the Photoelimination of Small Molecules in Solution and in Crystals

Handbook of Synthetic Photochemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 25-66

  Shiraki, Saori ^a   Garcia Garibay, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decarbonylation; Decarboxylation; Denitrogenation; Green chemistry; Radical pairs; Solid to solid reactions; Stereoselective synthesis; Topochemical reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885814755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628193.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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