The kinetics, stereochemistry, and deuterium isotope effects in the α-pinene pyrolysis. Evidence for incursion of multiple conformations of a diradical

Tetrahedron

Volumn 58, Issue 34, 2002, Pages 6943-6950

  Gajewski, Joseph J ^a   Kuchuk, Ilya ^a   Hawkins, Christopher ^a   Stine, Robert ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 sigmatropic shift; Alloocimine; Dipentene; Pinene; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

6 TRIDEUTERIOMETHYL ALPHA PINENE; ALLOOCIMINE; ALPHA PYRONENE; DEUTERIUM; IMINE; ISOTOPE; LIMONENE; PINENE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; ISOMER; KINETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; PYROLYSIS; RACEMIC MIXTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037136381     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(02)00676-2     Document Type: Article

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