Photochemical Reactions of Mesityl Azide with Tetracyanoethylene: Competitive Trapping of Singlet Nitrene and Didehydroazepine

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3055-3061

  Murata, Shigeru ^a   Abe, Shizue ^b   Tomioka, Hideo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000899656     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9622901     Document Type: Article

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