Intramolecular C-F and C-H bond cleavage promoted by butadienyl heavy Grignard reagents

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Heng ^a   Wang, Xiao Ye ^a   Wei, Baosheng ^a   Xu, Ling ^a   Zhang, Wen Xiong ^a   Pei, Jian ^a   Xi, Zhenfeng ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENYL GROUP; GRIGNARD REAGENT; IODIDE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; REACTION KINETICS; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CARBON FLUORINE BOND; CARBON HYDROGEN BOND; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; NUCLEOPHILICITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84918553443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5508     Document Type: Article

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