Mechanistic aspects of β-bond-cleavage reactions of aromatic radical cations

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-251

  Baciocchi, Enrico ^a   Bietti, Massimo ^a,b   Lanzalunga, Osvaldo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CATION; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CATIONS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 0034090588     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980014y     Document Type: Article

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