A comprehensive study of [2 + 2] cycloadditions and ene reactions of alkynyl chromium and tungsten carbene complexes with enol ethers and ketene acetals and of the stereochemistry of the electrocyclic ring opening of cyclobutenyl carbene complexes

Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkin Transactions 1

Volumn , Issue 2, 1999, Pages 197-219

  Wulff, William D ^a   Faron, Katherine L ^b   Su, Jing ^c   Springer, James P ^a   Rheingold, Arnold L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0002036084     PISSN: 0300922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a805718d     Document Type: Article

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