The 16 kcal/mol anomaly: Alteration of [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition rates by through-bond interactions [5]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 864-865

  Sawicka, Dorota ^a   Wilsey, Sarah ^a   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOPROPANE;

CHEMICAL BINDING; CYCLIZATION; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033518576     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja974322n     Document Type: Letter

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