Cyclobutanediyls: A new class of localized biradicals. synthesis and epr spectroscopy

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 1356-1366

  Jain, Rakesh ^a   Sponsler, Michael B ^a   Corns, Frank D ^a   Dougherty, Dennis A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS - SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY - APPLICATIONS;

AZOALKANE PRECURSORS; LOCALIZED BIRADICALS; METHYLLITHIUM; SPIN POLARIZATION EFFECTS; ZERO-FIELD SPLITTINGS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0023977772     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00213a006     Document Type: Article

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