The C7H10 potential energy landscape: Concerted transition states and diradical intermediates for the retro-Diels-Alder reaction and [1,3] sigmatropic shifts of norbornene

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 4816-4826

  Beno, Brett R ^a   Wilsey, Sarah ^a   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORBORNENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033606286     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9818250     Document Type: Article

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