o-Benzyne: Strained Alkyne or Cumulene? - NMR Characterization in a Molecular Container

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1347-1350

  Warmuth, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1,2 didehydrobenzene; Hemicarcerands; Host guest chemistry; NMR spectroscopy; Photolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030803420     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199713471     Document Type: Article

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