Photochemical Reactions of Halo-/Aryl Sulfide-Substituted Alkyl Phenylglyoxylate, an Assessment of the Lifetime of the Intermediate 1,4-Biradical

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 7827-7831

  Hu, Shengkui ^a   Neckers, Douglas C ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010172825     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo971201x     Document Type: Article

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