Rearrangement of dimethylcarbene to propene: Study by laser flash photolysis and ab initio molecular orbital theory

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 4430-4438

  Ford, Francis ^a   Yuzawa, Tetsuro ^a   Platz, Matthew S ^a   Matzinger, Stephan ^b,d   Fülscher, Markus ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLCARBENE; PROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032513731     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9724598     Document Type: Article

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