Hydrogen migration vs carbon migration in dialkylcarbenes. A study of the preferred product in the carbene rearrangements of ethylmethylcarbene, cyclobutylidene, 2-norbornylidene, and 2-bicyclo[2.1.1]hexylidene

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 5682-5689

  Sulzbach, Horst M ^a   Platz, Matthew S ^a   Schaefer III, Henry F ^a,b   Hadad, Christopher M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENOID; CARBON; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030818024     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja970181d     Document Type: Article

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