A scalable and operationally simple radical trifluoromethylation

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Beatty, Joel W ^a   Douglas, James J ^a,b   Cole, Kevin P ^b   Stephenson, Corey R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIDINE 1 OXIDE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; TRIFLUOROACETIC ANHYDRIDE; ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; FLUOROACETIC ACID; PYRIDINE N-OXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DECARBOXYLATION; METHYLATION; ORGANOFLUORINE; RADICAL; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECARBOXYLATION; METHYLATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SYNTHESIS; TRIFLUOROMETHYLATION; CHEMISTRY; HALOGENATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ACETIC ANHYDRIDES; CATALYSIS; DECARBOXYLATION; FLUOROACETATES; HALOGENATION; METHYLATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRIDINES;

EID: 84938915516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8919     Document Type: Article

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