Photoinduced electron-transfer intramolecular cyclization of acyclic dienes with two styrene units

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 815-824

  Miyashi, Tsutomu ^a   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Yasutake ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALKENE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0032856679     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar960002h     Document Type: Article

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