Eliminative ring opening of oxiranium ions in the gas phase

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1673-1676

  Renzi, Gabriele ^b   Roselli, Graziella ^b   Grandinetti, Felice ^c   Filippi, Antonello ^a   Speranza, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Eliminations; Epoxides; Gas phase chemistry; Ring opening reactions

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONFORMATION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034595335     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(20000502)39:9<1673::AID-ANIE1673>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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