Thermal reactions of dipolar trimethylenemethane species

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 867-877

  Nakamura, Eiichi ^a   Yamago, Shigeru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 METHYLENECYCLOPROPANE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; METHANE; OXIME DERIVATIVE; REAGENT; TRIMETHYLENEMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLOADDITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036798496     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0100935     Document Type: Article

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