Mechanism-led development of catalytic C-H functionalisation

Lead Research Organisation: Heriot-Watt University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering and Physical Science

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Johnson HC (2013) Dehydrogenative boron homocoupling of an amine-borane. in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

 
Description Understanding mechanism of C-H activation at transition metal catalysts
Exploitation Route In designing better metal catalysts
Sectors Chemicals

 
Description For a series of related substrates the selectivity can change dependent on the reaction conditions. Hence, assigning a reaction mechanism to these types of reaction based on a single set of conditions can lead to erroneous conclusions.
Sector Chemicals