Hydrotrifluoromethylation and iodotrifluoromethylation of alkenes and alkynes using an inorganic electride as a radical generator

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Choi, Sungkyu ^a   Kim, Ye Ji ^b,c   Kim, Sun Min ^b   Yang, Jung Woon ^b   Kim, Sung Wng ^b,c   Cho, Eun Jin ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; ELECTRIDE; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENYLACETYLENE;

ELECTRON; ETHANOL; HYDROCARBON; ION EXCHANGE; METHYLATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADICAL; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; DEHALOGENATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HYDROTRIFLUOROMETHYLATION; IODOTRIFLUOROMETHYLATION; METHYLATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION TIME; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT EFFECT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84923368588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5881     Document Type: Article

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