The β effect of silicon and related manifestations of σ conjugation

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-190

  Lambert, Joseph B ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Emblidge, Robert W ^a   Salvador, Lourdes A ^a   Liu, Xiaoyang ^a   So, Jeung Ho ^a   Chelius, Erik C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; SILICON; TIN;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032900270     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar970296m     Document Type: Review

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