Nickel-catalyzed reductive coupling of alkyl halides with other electrophiles: Concept and mechanistic considerations

Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1411-1421

  Gu, Jun ^a   Wang, Xuan ^a   Xue, Weichao ^a   Gong, Hegui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANISMS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

ALKYL RADICALS; CHEMO-SELECTIVITY; COUPLING METHODS; CROSS-COUPLINGS; RADICAL CHAIN MECHANISMS; REACTION MECHANISM; REDUCTIVE COUPLINGS; SYNTHETIC PROTOCOLS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941780112     PISSN: 20524110     EISSN: 20524129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5qo00224a     Document Type: Article

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