Stable versions of transient push-pull carbenes: Extending lifetimes from nanoseconds to weeks

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5467, 2000, Pages 834-836

  Buron, Christophe ^a   Gornitzka, Heinz ^a   Romanenko, Vadim ^a   Bertrand, Guy ^a  

^a UMR 5069) 118 route de Narbonne   (France)

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Indexed keywords

CARBENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EVAPORATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034607853     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5467.834     Document Type: Article

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