Room Temperature Regioselective Catalytic Hydrodefluorination of Fluoroarenes with trans-[Ru(NHC)4H2] through a Concerted Nucleophilic Ru−H Attack Pathway

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1515-1519

  Cybulski, Mateusz K ^a   McKay, David ^b   Macgregor, Stuart A ^b   Mahon, Mary F ^a   Whittlesey, Michael K ^a  

^a University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

density functional calculations; homogeneous catalysis; hydrodefluorination; N heterocyclic carbenes; ruthenium

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM;

DFT CALCULATION; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HYDRODEFLUORINATION; LIGAND DISSOCIATION; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; NUCLEOPHILIC ATTACK; REGIO-SELECTIVE;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 85008462070     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610820     Document Type: Article

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