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The Functionalization of Hydrocarbons by Transition Metal Phosphine Complexes: Aspects and Prospects

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The intermolecular activation of notoriously unreactive carbon-hydrogen bonds by transition metal complexes continues to present an important challenge to organometallic chemistry, since hydrocarbons are perhaps the most attractive sources of more complex molecules.

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Dahlenburg, L. (1987). The Functionalization of Hydrocarbons by Transition Metal Phosphine Complexes: Aspects and Prospects. In: de Meijere, A., tom Dieck, H. (eds) Organometallics in Organic Synthesis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73196-9_2

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