On the mechanism of the Diels-Alder reaction of enal dienophiles. Competitive reactivity and ab initio calculations using a transannular probe

Tetrahedron

Volumn 54, Issue 40, 1998, Pages 12279-12288

  Dory, Yves L ^a   Hall, Dennis G ^b   Deslongchamps, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

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EID: 0032192375     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00764-9     Document Type: Article

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