Investigations into the biosynthesis of porphyrins and corrins - calculations on 1,3-allylic strain and [1,5]-sigmatropic rearrangements in pyrroles, furans, and thiophenes

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-529

  Tietze, Lutz F ^a   Schulz, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; biosynthesis; porphyrinogens; rearrangements; semiempirical calculations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031003723     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19970030407     Document Type: Article

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