Six- vs seven-membered ring formation from the 1- bicyclo[4.1.0]heptanylmethyl radical: Synthetic and ab initio studies

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 570-580

  Kantorowski, Eric J ^b   Eisenberg, Shawn W E ^a,b   Fink, William H ^b   Kurth, Mark J ^b  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 METHYL 2 METHYLENECYCLOHEXYL RADICAL; 3 METHYLENECYCLOHEPTYL RADICAL; RADICAL; THIOPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033593265     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo981708n     Document Type: Article

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