Frustrated lewis pairs: From dihydrogen activation to asymmetric catalysis

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 334, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-26

  Chen, Dianjun ^a   Klankermayer, Jurgen ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric Catalysis; Asymmetric Hydrogenation; Chiral Lewis Acids; Frustrated Lewis Pairs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888358184     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128-2012-402     Document Type: Article

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