How low does iron go? Chasing the active species in fe-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1485-1493

  Bedford, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; IRON DERIVATIVE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKANES; CATALYSIS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 84929583433     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00042     Document Type: Article

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