Metal-ligand cooperation by aromatization-dearomatization as a tool in single bond activation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 373, Issue 2037, 2015, Pages

  Milstein, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

B h activation; C h activation; Catalysis; Metal ligand cooperation; N h activation; O h activation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AROMATIZATION; BIOACTIVITY; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; LIGANDS; METALS;

BREAKING PROCESS; C-H ACTIVATION; CATALYTIC REACTIONS; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; METAL LIGANDS; N-H ACTIVATION; O-H ACTIVATIONS; STEPWISE APPROACH;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

BORON; CARBON; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; LIGAND; METAL; NITROGEN; WATER;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

BORON; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; LIGANDS; METALS; NITROGEN; WATER;

EID: 84922569112     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0189     Document Type: Article

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