Photochemical generation and methanol trapping of localized 1,3 and 1,4 singlet diradicals derived from a spiroepoxy-substituted cylcopentane 1,3- diyl

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 44, 1998, Pages 11304-11310

  Abe, Manabu ^a   Adam, Waldemar ^a   Nau, Werner M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0032508972     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9822761     Document Type: Article

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