Cryptocope rearrangement of 1,3-dicyano-5-phenyl-4,4-d2-hexa-2,5-diene. Chameleonic or centauric?

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 47, 1999, Pages 10967-10975

  Doering, W Von E ^a   Wang, Yonghui ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033486018     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja992137z     Document Type: Article

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