An unusual isotope effect in the reactions of the naphthylcarbenes [8]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 48, 1999, Pages 11237-11238

  Zheng, Fengmei ^a   McKee, Michael L ^a   Shevlin, Philip B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; LETTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGENATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033537023     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9917013     Document Type: Letter

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