Copper-Catalyzed Double C(sp3)-Si Coupling of Geminal Dibromides: Ionic-to-Radical Switch in the Reaction Mechanism

Hamideh Hazrati1, Martin Oestreich1

  • 1Institut für Chemie , Technische Universität Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 115 , 10623 Berlin , Germany.

Organic Letters
|August 11, 2018
PubMed

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