Site-selective and stereoselective functionalization of unactivated C-H bonds

Nature

Volumn 533, Issue , 2016, Pages 230-234

  Liao, Kuangbiao ^a   Negretti, Solymar ^a   Musaev, Djamaladdin G ^a   Bacsa, John ^a   Davies, Huw M L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKYL GROUP; CARBENE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIAZOACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ESTER; HALIDE; RHODIUM; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

CATALYST; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; ESTER; HALIDE GROUP; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; COVALENT BOND; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOPROPANATION; ELECTROPHILICITY; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84969174943     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17651     Document Type: Article

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