A theoretical study of the endo/exo selectivity of the Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopropene and butadiene

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 4232-4238

  Sodupe, Mariona ^a   Rios, Raphael ^b   Branchadell, Vicenç ^a   Nicholas, Tony ^b   Oliva, Antonio ^a   Dannenberg, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE DIEPOXIDE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND;

EID: 0030953588     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9628260     Document Type: Article

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