Kinetic evidence for a novel, Grob-like substitution/fragmentation mechanism for the reaction of nucleophiles with trialkylammoniomethyl halides

Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2

Volumn , Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1187-1192

  Fletcher, Michelle O ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Vu, Quyen ^a   Dolbier Jr , William R ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0010913017     PISSN: 03009580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a900218i     Document Type: Article

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