Direct aziridination of alkenes by a cationic (Salen)ruthenium(VI) nitrido complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 47, 2004, Pages 15336-15337

  Man, Wai Lun ^a   Lam, William W Y ^a   Yiu, Shek Man ^a   Lau, Tai Chu ^a   Peng, Shie Ming ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; FENCLONINE; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; AZIRIDINATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 9644262312     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja045845f     Document Type: Article

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