Direct dynamics quasiclassical trajectory study of the stereochemistry of the vinylcyclopropane-cyclopentene rearrangement

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 4720-4721

  Doubleday, Charles ^a   Nendel, Maja ^b   Houk, K N ^b   Thweatt, David ^c   Page, Michael ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYCLIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033583717     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja984083j     Document Type: Article

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