Triarylmethanes and 9-arylxanthenes as prototypes amphihydric compounds for relating the stabilities of cations, anions and radicals by C-H bond cleavage and electron transfer

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 499-513

  Arnett, Edward M ^a   Flowers II, Robert A ^a   Ludwig, Richard T ^a   Meekhof, Alison E ^a   Walek, Stuart A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

9 arylxanthenes; Amphihydric compounds; Ion and radical staleclitres; Trianylmethanes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000605103     PISSN: 08943230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1395(199707)10:7<499::AID-POC896>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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