Proposed Reaction Methodology (IMAGE)

Institute of Science Tokyo

Proposed Reaction Methodology — Caption

The reaction utilizes an iron catalyst together with an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand, which suppresses unwanted side reactions to promote highly selective nucleophile addition.

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Institute of Science Tokyo

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