Pressure-induced cycloadditions of dicyanoacetylene to strained arenes: The formation of cyclooctatetraene, 9,10-dihydronaphthalene, and azulene derivatives; a degenerate [1,5] sigmatropic shift - Comparison between theory and experiment

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2119-2132

  Klärner, Frank Gerrit ^a   Ehrhardt, Ralf ^a   Bandmann, Heinz ^a   Boese, Roland ^a   Bläser, Dieter ^a   Houk, K N ^b   Beno, Brett R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Charge transfer; Diels Alder cyclo additions; High pressure chemistry; NMR spectroscopy; Sigmatropic rearrangements

Indexed keywords

9,10 DIHYDRONAPHTHALENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; AZULENE; CYCLOOCTATETRAENE; DICYANOACETYLENE; PENTACENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLYSIS; PREDICTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THEORY;

EID: 0032989140     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19990702)5:7<2119::aid-chem2119>3.0.co;2-o     Document Type: Review

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