Conformational study of the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of a pentadienyl acrylate. Theoretical evaluation of kinetic and thermodynamic control

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3313-3316

  White, James D ^a   Demnitz, F W J ^a   Oda, Hirohisa ^a   Hassler, Carla ^a   Snyder, James P ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001048936     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol000200f     Document Type: Article

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