A theoretical and experimental study of the molecular rearrangement of 5-methyl-4-nitrobenzofuroxan

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 28, 1999, Pages 6700-6711

  Eckert, Frank ^a   Rauhut, Guntram ^a   Katritzky, Alan R ^b   Steel, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033591924     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja990475u     Document Type: Article

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