Synthesis and properties of extremely stable tris(6-methoxy-1-azulenyl)- methyl cation and a series of di(1-azulenyl)phenylmethyl and (1- azulenyl)diphenylmethyl cations stabilized by methoxy substituents

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 839-849

  Ito, Shunji ^a   Kikuchi, Shigeru ^a   Morita, Noboru ^a   Asao, Toyonobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

(1 AZULENYL)BIS(4 METHOXYPHENYL)METHYL; (6 METHOXY 1 AZULENYL)BIS(4 METHOXYPHENYL)METHYL; BIS(6 METHOXY 1 AZULENYL)(4 METHOXYPHENYL)METHYL; CATION; DI (1 AZULENYL)(4 METHOXYPHENYL)METHYL; TRIS(6 METHOXY 1 AZULENYL)METHYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SPECTRUM; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032936141     PISSN: 00092673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.72.839     Document Type: Article

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