The surprising formation of structurally distorted ap-9-(o-tert-butylphenyl)-9-methylthiofluorene and its facile homolysis into sp-9-(o-tert-butylphenyl)-3-methylthiofluorene and sp-9-(o-tert-butylphenyl)fluorene

Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 960-966

  Hou, Yuqing ^a   Meyers, Cal Y ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbanion; Carbocation; Distortion; Fluorene; Homolysis; Radical; Rotamer

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; IONS;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CARBANION; CARBOCATIONS; FLUORENES; FLUORENOLS; HOMOLYSIS; METHANETHIOL; RADICAL; ROTAMERS; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATION; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; METHYLATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033305801     PISSN: 00084042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/v99-088     Document Type: Article

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