Interconversions of phenylcarbene, cycloheptatetraene, fulvenallene, and benzocyclopropene. A theoretical study of the C7H6 energy surface

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 7022-7029

  Wong, Ming Wah ^a   Wentrup, Curt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0001697665     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo960806a     Document Type: Article

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