Rearrangements of C7H6 Isomers: Computational Studies of the Interconversions of Bicyelo[3.2.0]hepta-1,3,6-triene, Bicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-3,6-diene-2-ylidene, Bicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-2,3,6-triene, and Cyclohepta-1,2,4,6-tetraene

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4398-4405

  Patterson, Eric V ^a   McMahon, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1021/jo9613848     Document Type: Article

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