Synthesis and Diatropicity of trans-10b,10c-Dimethylacenaphthyleno[1,2:e]-10b,10c-dihydropyrene: A Model Aromatic Molecule to Verify the Effect of Conjugation on the Diatropicity of an Annulene

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 916-924

  Lai, Yee Hing ^a   Chen, Pu ^a   Dingle, Thomas W ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000241183     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo961237+     Document Type: Article

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