Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation with Alkyl Electrophiles: Cyanation of Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Chlorides at Room Temperature

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 137, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 13902-13907

  Ratani, Tanvi S ^a   Bachman, Shoshana ^a   Fu, Gregory C ^a   Peters, Jonas C ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; COPPER; COVALENT BONDS; EXCITED STATES; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; LIGHT SOURCES; METAL HALIDES; MOLECULES; NUCLEOPHILES; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSITION METALS;

ALKYL CHLORIDES; C-C BOND FORMATION; CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS; COPPER CATALYZED; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; NITROGEN NUCLEOPHILES; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSFER;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

ALKYL GROUP; CARBON; CHLORIDE; COPPER; ELECTROPHILE; NITRILE; NUCLEOPHILE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CYANATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALKYLATION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COPPER; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84953394030     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b08452     Document Type: Article

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