Stepwise bond formation in photochemical and thermal Diels-Alder reactions of C60 with Danishefsky's dienes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2236-2243

  Mikami, Koichi ^a   Matsumoto, Shoji ^a   Okubo, Yasutaka ^a   Fujitsuka, Mamoru ^b   Ito, Osamu ^b   Suenobu, Tomoyoshi ^c   Fukuzumi, Shunichi ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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ALKADIENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034653691     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja992848x     Document Type: Article

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