Nickel and Iron Pincer Complexes as Catalysts for the Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1995-2003

  Chakraborty, Sumit ^a   Bhattacharya, Papri ^a   Dai, Huiguang ^a   Guan, Hairong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 84937500999     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00055     Document Type: Article

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