Hydrogen activation by frustrated lewis Pairs: Insights from computational studies

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 332, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-212

  Rokob, Tibor Andras ^a   Papai, Imre ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Dihydrogen; Lewis acid base reaction; Quantum chemistry; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893037547     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128-2012-399     Document Type: Review

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