The vinylketene-acylallene rearrangement: Theory and experiment

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-248

  Bibas, Hervé ^a   Wong, Ming Wah ^a   Wentrup, Curt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; allenes; ketenes; matrix isolation; rearrangements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030993840     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19970030212     Document Type: Article

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