Radical ion probes. 6. Origin of the high intrinsic barrier to nucleophile-induced ring opening of arylcyclopropane radical cations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 35, 1997, Pages 8201-8208

  Wang, Yonghui ^a   Tanko, J M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; POTENTIOMETRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030822160     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja970932b     Document Type: Article

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