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Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Functionalized Vinyl Monomers Using Perylene as a Visible Light Photocatalyst
Published on: April 22, 2016
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Visible-light promoted de Mayo reaction by zirconium catalysis
1Center of Basic Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. luosz@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|November 3, 2022
Abstract:
Zirconium catalysis with ZrCl4 was developed to facilitate a de Mayo reaction under visible light conditions without any external photosensitizer and additive.
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