Cyclizations of 3-chlorocarbanions to cyclopropanes: 'Strain-free' transition states for forming highly strained rings

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3220-3226

  Gronert, Scott ^a   Azizian, Kristina ^a   Friedman, Mark A ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032495782     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja974068z     Document Type: Article

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