The reaction mechanism of the hydroamination of alkenes catalyzed by gold(I)-phosphine: The role of the counterion and the N-nucleophile substituents in the proton-transfer step

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 853-864

  Kovács, Gábor ^a,b   Ujaque, Gregori ^a   Lledos, Agustí ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; CATALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GOLD COMPOUNDS; PROTON TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS;

HYDROAMINATION; NUCLEOPHILE SUBSTITUENTS; POLARIZABLE CONTINUUM MODELS;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE; GOLD COMPLEX; METAL COMPLEX; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHINE;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 84962424989     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja073578i     Document Type: Article

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