3-(Trifluoromethyl)indenyl Cation: Ion Pair Return in the Formation of an Antiaromatic and Electron-Deficient Doubly Destabilized Carbocation

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 246-252

  Allen, Annette D ^a   Fujio, Mizue ^b   Mohammed, Nageib ^a   Tidwell, Thomas T ^a   Tsuji, Yutaka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000448058     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo961387k     Document Type: Article

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34. -1 for 22-ODNP in TFE at 25°C extrapolated from data in ref 6b.
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