Synthesis and Diatropicity of trans- 10b-Methyl-10c-undecyl- and trans-10b-Methyl-10c-pentadecyl-10b,10c-dihydropyrene. An Empirical Approach to a Semiquantitative Assessment of the Diamagnetic Ring Current in a [14]Annulene

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 925-931

  Lai, Yee Hing ^a   Zhou, Zhao Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0011628450     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9612382     Document Type: Article

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