Silylation of C-H bonds in aromatic heterocycles by an Earth-abundant metal catalyst

Nature

Volumn 518, Issue 7537, 2015, Pages 80-84

  Toutov, Anton A ^a   Liu, Wen Bo ^a   Betz, Kerry N ^a   Fedorov, Alexey ^a,b   Stoltz, Brian M ^a   Grubbs, Robert H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; ELECTROPHILE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; IRIDIUM COMPLEX; LIGAND; METAL; METHYL GROUP; POTASSIUM; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; BUTANOL; INDOLE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SILICON; TERT-BUTOXIDE, POTASSIUM;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DRUG; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; LIGAND; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POTASSIUM; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; ELECTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILYLATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SUZUKI REACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHESIS;

BUTANOLS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DRUG DISCOVERY; HYDROGEN; INDOLES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; SILANES; SILICON;

EID: 84923072299     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14126     Document Type: Article

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