Charge-transfer-directed radical substitution enables para-selective C-H functionalization

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 810-815

  Boursalian, Gregory B ^a,b   Ham, Won Seok ^a   Mazzotti, Anthony R ^a   Ritter, Tobias ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; METABOLISM; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; FLUORENES; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROGEN;

EID: 84979224081     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2529     Document Type: Article

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