Mechanism of 3′,5′-Dimethoxybenzoin Ester Photochemistry: Heterolytic Cleavage Intramolecularly Assisted by the Dimethoxybenzene Ring Is the Primary Photochemical Step

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 8278-8279

  Shi, Yijian ^a   Corrie, John E T ^b   Wan, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001019481     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo971121t     Document Type: Article

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