M.-Christina White: Research Plans
· Terminal hydroxylation of linear alkanes
· Hydration of terminal olefins
Origin of selectivity - the organometallic intermediate:
a kinetic and thermodynamic preference to form the
less sterically hindered 1° C-M intermediate
· C-H/olefin coupling
· Intramolecular
s
-bond metathesis
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