Symmetry rules for transition structures in degenerate reactions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1571-1580

  Schaad, L J ^a   Hu, Jiani ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032564847     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja973394b     Document Type: Article

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