The Norrish type II reaction in the crystalline state: Toward a better understanding of the geometric requirements for γ-hydrogen atom abstraction

Tetrahedron

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 885-907

  Ihmels, Heiko ^a   Scheffer, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033593255     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(98)01019-9     Document Type: Review

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