November 24, 2009Angewandte Chemie International Edition135 citationsOpen Access
View Full PaperStrain Release in CH Bond Activation?
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Abstract
What a relief! In 1955, strain release was put forward as a reactivity factor to explain the differing reactivity of axial and equitorial alcohols during oxidation. The same rationale may account for the differing rates of activation between axial and equitorial CH bonds in CH activation processes (see scheme).