Conrotatory and Disrotatory Stationary Points for the Electrocyclic Isomerization of Cyclobutene to cis-Butadiene

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 1221-1226

  Breulet, Jacques ^a   Schaefer, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000351167     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00317a009     Document Type: Article

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