Mechanistic Studies on the Wolff Rearrangement: The Chemistry and Spectroscopy of Some α-Ketocarbenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 107, Issue 25, 1985, Pages 7597-7606

  Mcmahon, Robert J ^a   Chapman, Orville L ^a   Hayes, Richard A ^a   Hess, Thomas C ^a   Krimmer, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000448891     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00311a063     Document Type: Article

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