Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Iron Pincer Catalysts Capable of Metal-Ligand Cooperation by Aromatization/Dearomatization

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1979-1994

  Zell, Thomas ^a   Milstein, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 84937414719     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00027     Document Type: Article

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