Karasch reaction

Dendrimer fixation may be achieved by attachment of catalysts at the periphery of dendrimers (Fig. la) in the way first established by van Koten, van Leeuwen and co-workers in their pioneering work on the Karasch reaction [3,4]. The second possibility is the attachment of one or more dendritic wedges to the catalysts, which are then located at the core of the result-... 

Complexes RuCl2(PCy3)(L)(=C=CHt-Bu) (L) are also good precursors for the Karasch reaction they catalyse the atom-transfer radical addition of CC14 and CHC13 to various olefins such as acrylates,styrene and 1-octene [78]. 

M.S. Karasch and A. Fono, "Metal Salt-Induced Homolytic Reactions. I. New Method of Introducing Peroxy Groups Into Organic Molecules," J. Org. Chem., 24, 72 (1959). ... 

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