Mechanism of the vinylcyclopropane-cyclopentene rearrangement studied by quasiclassical direct dynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 26, 2001, Pages 6333-6341

  Doubleday, Charles ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUASICLASSICAL DIRECT DYNAMICS;

ISOMERIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL EFFECTS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035812115     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp010464z     Document Type: Article

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