A Theoretical Approach to the Birch Reduction. Structures and Stabilities of Cyclohexadienyl Anions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 102, Issue 21, 1980, Pages 6430-6437

  Birch, Arthur J ^a   Hinde, Alan L ^a   Radom, Leo ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001573536     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00541a009     Document Type: Article

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