Classic annulenes, nonclassical applications

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 944-951

  Marsella, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULENE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036852645     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar010090s     Document Type: Article

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