Catalytic C-C Bond Activations via Oxidative Addition to Transition Metals

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9410-9464

  Souillart, Laetitia ^a   Cramer, Nicolai ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COVALENT BONDS; CYCLOADDITION; KETONES; METAL COMPLEXES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

C-C BOND ACTIVATION; CARBON-CARBON BOND; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; FOUR-MEMBERED RINGS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; KETONE DERIVATIVE; OXIDATIVE ADDITIONS; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 84941033446     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: 15206890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00138     Document Type: Article

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