Catalytic alkylation of remote C-H bonds enabled by proton-coupled electron transfer

Nature

Volumn 539, Issue 7628, 2016, Pages 268-271

  Choi, Gilbert J ^a   Zhu, Qilei ^a   Miller, David C ^a   Gu, Carol J ^a   Knowles, Robert R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CARBON; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PROTON; RADICAL; ALKENE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; IRIDIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; RADICAL; SUBSTRATE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINATION; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ALKENES; ALKYLATION; AMIDES; AMINATION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTONS;

EID: 85016133083     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19811     Document Type: Article

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