Stereochemistry and steric isotope effect on the [2+2] photocycloaddition of β,β-dimethyl-p-methoxystyrene to C60: The nature of the transition state structures

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 4667-4670

  Hatzimarinaki, Maria ^a   Vassilikogiannakis, Georgios ^a   Orfanopoulos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fullerenes; Isotope effects; Photochemistry; 2+2 cycloadditions

Indexed keywords

CARBON; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034640887     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)00684-5     Document Type: Article

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