A new look at the Diels-Alder transition state

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 3262-3265

  Spino, Claude ^a   Pesant, Marc ^a   Dory, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer chemistry; Cycloadditions; Reaction mechanisms; Transition states

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; ETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION;

EID: 0032542259     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19981217)37:23<3262::AID-ANIE3262>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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