Origin of the preference for the orbital symmetry forbidden stereochemistry of the 1,5-sigmatropic shift of substituted norcaradienes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 4524-4525

  Kless, Achim ^a   Nendel, Maja ^a   Wilsey, Sarah ^a   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; NORCARADIENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033549040     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9840192     Document Type: Article

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