Flash vacuum thermolysis of acenaphtho[1,2-a]acenaphthylene, fluoranthene, benzo[k]- and benzo[j]fluoranthene - Homolytic scission of carbon-carbon single bonds of internally fused cyclopenta moieties at T ≥ 1100°C

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1191-1200

  Sarobe, Martin ^a   Kwint, Huibert C ^a   Fleer, Theun ^a   Havenith, Remco W A ^a   Jenneskens, Leonardas W ^a   Vlietstra, Edward J ^a   Van Lenthe, Joop H ^a   Wesseling, Jolanda ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Homolytic scission; IGLOIII 6 31G; Pyrolysis; Rearrangements; Ring contraction ring expansion

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHOL[1,2 A]ACENAPHTHYLENE; BENZO[J]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; FLUORANTHENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032811892     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0690(199905)1999:5<1191::AID-EJOC1191>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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