A comparison of the benzo[b]furan and benzo[c]furan reactivity in Diels-Alder reactions through an AM1 computational study

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 427, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 165-169

  Jursic, Branko S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

AM1 transition states; Benzofuran; Diels Alder; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006183252     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1280(97)00209-1     Document Type: Article

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