Competition between Wolff rearrangement and 1,2-hydrogen shift in β-oxy-α-ketocarbenes: Electrostatic and specific solvent effects

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 103, Issue 34, 1999, Pages 7145-7150

  Calvo Losada, Saturnino ^a   Suárez, Dimas ^b   Sordo, Tomás L ^b   Quirante, José J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

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EID: 0001426840     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9909863     Document Type: Article

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