Substituent effects on rates and stereoselectivities of conrotatory electrocyclic reactions of cyclobutenes. A theoretical study

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2813-2825

  Niwayama, Satomi ^a   Kallel, E Adam ^a   Spellmeyer, David C ^a   Sheu, Chimin ^a   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000203981     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo950884i     Document Type: Article

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