Experimental and theoretical investigations of ring-expansion in 1- methylcyclopropylcarbene

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 5886-5895

  Thamattoor, Dasan M ^a,c   Snoonian, John R ^b,d   Sulzbach, Horst M ^b   Hadad, Christopher M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLCYCLOPROPYLCARBENE; HYDROCARBON; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHOTOLYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033529743     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9903454     Document Type: Article

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