Reversible interconversion between singlet and triplet 2- naphthyl(carbomethoxy)carbene

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2863-2874

  Zhu, Zhendong ^a,c   Bally, Thomas ^a   Stracener, Louise L ^b   McMahon, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHYL(CARBOMETHOXY)CARBENE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETENE DERIVATIVE; METHYL ALPHA DIAZO(2 NAPHTHYL)ACETATE; NAPHTHYL GROUP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033620447     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja983277w     Document Type: Article

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