Transition-Metal Catalysis of Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: A Radical Alternative to SN1 and SN2 Processes

ACS Central Science

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 692-700

  Fu, Gregory C ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; METAL COMPLEXES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

CHIRAL TRANSITION; CLASSICAL METHODS; ELECTROPHILES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS; TRANSITION METAL CATALYSIS;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 85026377426     PISSN: 23747943     EISSN: 23747951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00212     Document Type: Article

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