Thermal racemization of substituted indolinobenzospiropyrans: Evidence of competing polar and nonpolar mechanisms

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 6594-6600

  Swansburg, Susan ^a   Buncel, Erwin ^a   Lemieux, Robert P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CYCLOHEXANE; HEXANE; INDOLINOBENZOSPIROPYRAN DERIVATIVE; PROPANOL; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034686679     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0001613     Document Type: Article

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