The photochemistry of 3-nitro-2-cyclohexenone

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3939-3942

  Quevillon, Tracy M ^a   Weedon, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cycloaddition, alkene; Enone; Nitro group; Photochemistry; Regiochemistry

Indexed keywords

BIKINIA LE-TESTUI; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

2 CYCLOHEXENONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029891855     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(96)00747-2     Document Type: Article

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