Isotope effects and the mechanism of triazolinedione ene reactions. Aziridinium imides are innocent bystanders

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 50, 1999, Pages 11885-11893

  Singleton, Daniel A ^a   Hang, Chao ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON 13; DEUTERIUM; IMIDE; TRIAZOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033596296     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9933339     Document Type: Article

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