Origins of the loss of concertedness in pericyclic reactions: Theoretical prediction and direct observation of stepwise mechanisms in [3 + 2] thermal cycloadditions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 6078-6092

  Vivanco, Silvia ^a   Lecea, Begoña ^a   Arrieta, Ana ^a   Prieto, Pilar ^b   Morao, Iñaki ^a   Linden, Anthony ^c   Cossío, Fernando P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREDICTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034725364     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9945360     Document Type: Article

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