1,2-shifts of hydrogen atoms in aryl radicals

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 5444-5449

  Brooks, Michele A ^a   Scott, Lawrence T ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RADICAL;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PYROLYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033575097     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja984472d     Document Type: Article

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58. Yield of purified mixture (%) after separation from higher molecular weight byproducts by flash vacuum chromatography.
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