An unusual cleavage of an energetic carbene [1]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 7150-7151

  Xu, Guopin ^a   Chang, Tsong Ming ^a   Zhou, Jinglan ^a   McKee, Michael L ^a   Shevlin, Philip B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LETTER; POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033523262     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja990205b     Document Type: Letter

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